PIF vs. ARR, LCFS, GIP, SPG, UGE, NKW, BEPC, NPI, AQN, and BLX
Should you be buying Polaris Renewable Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polaris Renewable Energy include Altius Renewable Royalties (ARR), Tidewater Renewables (LCFS), Green Impact Partners (GIP), Spark Power Group (SPG), UGE International (UGE), Oceanic Wind Energy (NKW), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Northland Power (NPI), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), and Boralex (BLX). These companies are all part of the "utilities - renewable" industry.
Altius Renewable Royalties (TSE:ARR) and Polaris Renewable Energy (TSE:PIF) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
Polaris Renewable Energy received 148 more outperform votes than Altius Renewable Royalties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.11% of users gave Polaris Renewable Energy an outperform vote while only 73.17% of users gave Altius Renewable Royalties an outperform vote.
Altius Renewable Royalties currently has a consensus target price of C$12.50, suggesting a potential upside of ∞. Polaris Renewable Energy has a consensus target price of C$24.67, suggesting a potential upside of 90.18%. Given Polaris Renewable Energy's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Altius Renewable Royalties is more favorable than Polaris Renewable Energy.
Polaris Renewable Energy has a net margin of 14.42% compared to Polaris Renewable Energy's net margin of -227.79%. Altius Renewable Royalties' return on equity of 4.21% beat Polaris Renewable Energy's return on equity.
22.2% of Altius Renewable Royalties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.6% of Polaris Renewable Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 59.1% of Altius Renewable Royalties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Polaris Renewable Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Polaris Renewable Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Altius Renewable Royalties. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Polaris Renewable Energy and 12 mentions for Altius Renewable Royalties. Altius Renewable Royalties' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Polaris Renewable Energy's score of 0.65 indicating that Polaris Renewable Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Polaris Renewable Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Altius Renewable Royalties. Altius Renewable Royalties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Polaris Renewable Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Altius Renewable Royalties has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polaris Renewable Energy has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Polaris Renewable Energy beats Altius Renewable Royalties on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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