PIF vs. LCFS, ARR, MXG, ACO.Y, CUP.U, SXI, INE, BLX, NPI, and AQN
Should you be buying Polaris Renewable Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Polaris Renewable Energy include Tidewater Renewables (LCFS), Altius Renewable Royalties (ARR), Maxim Power (MXG), ATCO (ACO.Y), Caribbean Utilities (CUP.U), Synex Renewable Energy (SXI), Innergex Renewable Energy (INE), Boralex (BLX), Northland Power (NPI), and Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Polaris Renewable Energy (TSE:PIF) and Tidewater Renewables (TSE:LCFS) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
Polaris Renewable Energy has a net margin of 14.42% compared to Tidewater Renewables' net margin of -41.99%. Polaris Renewable Energy's return on equity of 4.21% beat Tidewater Renewables' return on equity.
Polaris Renewable Energy received 164 more outperform votes than Tidewater Renewables when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.02% of users gave Polaris Renewable Energy an outperform vote while only 35.14% of users gave Tidewater Renewables an outperform vote.
Polaris Renewable Energy has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% 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.
22.5% of Polaris Renewable Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.0% of Tidewater Renewables shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Polaris Renewable Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 69.0% of Tidewater Renewables shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Polaris Renewable Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tidewater Renewables. Tidewater Renewables 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.
Polaris Renewable Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$27.00, indicating a potential upside of 115.83%. Tidewater Renewables has a consensus price target of C$12.31, indicating a potential upside of 53.91%. Given Polaris Renewable Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Polaris Renewable Energy is more favorable than Tidewater Renewables.
In the previous week, Tidewater Renewables had 2 more articles in the media than Polaris Renewable Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Tidewater Renewables and 0 mentions for Polaris Renewable Energy. Polaris Renewable Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Tidewater Renewables' score of 0.00 indicating that Polaris Renewable Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Polaris Renewable Energy beats Tidewater Renewables on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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