AQN vs. POR, IDA, ELP, ENIC, BKH, OTTR, PNM, PAM, TAC, and OGE
Should you be buying Algonquin Power & Utilities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Algonquin Power & Utilities include Portland General Electric (POR), IDACORP (IDA), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), Enel Chile (ENIC), Black Hills (BKH), Otter Tail (OTTR), PNM Resources (PNM), Pampa Energía (PAM), TransAlta (TAC), and OGE Energy (OGE). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) and Algonquin Power & Utilities (NYSE:AQN) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and media sentiment.
Portland General Electric currently has a consensus price target of $43.57, indicating a potential downside of 2.24%. Algonquin Power & Utilities has a consensus price target of $7.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.81%. Given Portland General Electric's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Algonquin Power & Utilities is more favorable than Portland General Electric.
Portland General Electric received 104 more outperform votes than Algonquin Power & Utilities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.60% of users gave Algonquin Power & Utilities an outperform vote while only 46.23% of users gave Portland General Electric an outperform vote.
62.3% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Portland General Electric shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Portland General Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Algonquin Power & Utilities. Portland General Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Algonquin Power & Utilities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Portland General Electric has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Algonquin Power & Utilities has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Algonquin Power & Utilities had 1 more articles in the media than Portland General Electric. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Algonquin Power & Utilities and 9 mentions for Portland General Electric. Algonquin Power & Utilities' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Portland General Electric's score of 0.71 indicating that Portland General Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Portland General Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Algonquin Power & Utilities pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Portland General Electric pays out 72.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Algonquin Power & Utilities pays out 1,433.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Portland General Electric has raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years.
Portland General Electric has a net margin of 8.51% compared to Portland General Electric's net margin of 1.06%. Algonquin Power & Utilities' return on equity of 8.50% beat Portland General Electric's return on equity.
Summary
Portland General Electric beats Algonquin Power & Utilities on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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