MXG vs. LCFS, PIF, ARR, CUP.U, ACO.Y, TA, CPX, BEP.UN, SXI, and INE
Should you be buying Maxim Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Maxim Power include Tidewater Renewables (LCFS), Polaris Renewable Energy (PIF), Altius Renewable Royalties (ARR), Caribbean Utilities (CUP.U), ATCO (ACO.Y), TransAlta (TA), Capital Power (CPX), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP.UN), Synex Renewable Energy (SXI), and Innergex Renewable Energy (INE). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Maxim Power (TSE:MXG) and Tidewater Renewables (TSE:LCFS) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Maxim Power has a net margin of 68.25% compared to Tidewater Renewables' net margin of -41.99%. Maxim Power's return on equity of 9.99% beat Tidewater Renewables' return on equity.
Maxim Power has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tidewater Renewables. Tidewater Renewables is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maxim Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
3.0% of Maxim Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.0% of Tidewater Renewables shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.8% of Maxim Power shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 69.0% of Tidewater Renewables shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Maxim Power and Maxim Power both had 2 articles in the media. Maxim Power's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Tidewater Renewables'average media sentiment score.
Maxim Power received 44 more outperform votes than Tidewater Renewables when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.08% of users gave Maxim Power an outperform vote while only 35.14% of users gave Tidewater Renewables an outperform vote.
Tidewater Renewables has a consensus target price of C$12.31, indicating a potential upside of 53.91%. Given Tidewater Renewables' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tidewater Renewables is more favorable than Maxim Power.
Maxim Power has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tidewater Renewables has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Maxim Power beats Tidewater Renewables on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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