BEP.UN vs. CPX, TA, CU, AQN, BEPC, BIPC, NPI, ACO.X, EMA, and BLX
Should you be buying Brookfield Renewable Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Renewable Partners include Capital Power (CPX), TransAlta (TA), Canadian Utilities (CU), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), Northland Power (NPI), ATCO (ACO.X), Emera (EMA), and Boralex (BLX). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Brookfield Renewable Partners (TSE:BEP.UN) and Capital Power (TSE:CPX) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
Capital Power received 76 more outperform votes than Brookfield Renewable Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.99% of users gave Brookfield Renewable Partners an outperform vote while only 53.06% of users gave Capital Power an outperform vote.
Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of C$1.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Capital Power pays an annual dividend of C$2.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays out -448.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital Power pays out 40.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Capital Power has a net margin of 18.29% compared to Brookfield Renewable Partners' net margin of -0.60%. Capital Power's return on equity of 26.11% beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' return on equity.
Capital Power has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Renewable Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Power has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Brookfield Renewable Partners currently has a consensus price target of C$37.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.70%. Capital Power has a consensus price target of C$44.45, indicating a potential upside of 23.31%. Given Capital Power's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Capital Power is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable Partners.
66.6% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.6% of Capital Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Capital Power shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Capital Power had 31 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable Partners. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Capital Power and 5 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners. Capital Power's average media sentiment score of -0.07 beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' score of -0.08 indicating that Capital Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Capital Power beats Brookfield Renewable Partners on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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