Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure (AY) Competitors

Pattern Energy Group (NASDAQ:PEGI) and Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure (NASDAQ:AY) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Is PEGI or AY a better dividend stock?

Pattern Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $1.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Pattern Energy Group pays out -482.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure pays out 387.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor PEGI or AY?

In the previous week, Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure had 23 more articles in the media than Pattern Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure and 0 mentions for Pattern Energy Group. Pattern Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's score of 0.00 indicating that Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pattern Energy Group	Neutral
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PEGI or AY?

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Pattern Energy Group. Pattern Energy Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pattern Energy Group	$541M	4.85	-$31M	-$0.35	-76.40
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure	$1.10B	2.32	$43.38M	$0.46	47.78

Is PEGI or AY more profitable?

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure has a net margin of 4.94% compared to Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's net margin of -5.73%. Pattern Energy Group's return on equity of 3.33% beat Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pattern Energy Group	-5.73%	-1.52%	-0.53%
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure	4.94%	3.33%	0.62%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PEGI or AY?

80.6% of Pattern Energy Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.5% of Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Pattern Energy Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, PEGI or AY?

Pattern Energy Group has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend PEGI or AY?

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure has a consensus price target of $22.67, suggesting a potential upside of 3.12%. Given Pattern Energy Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure is more favorable than Pattern Energy Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pattern Energy Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PEGI or AY?

Pattern Energy Group received 45 more outperform votes than Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.49% of users gave Pattern Energy Group an outperform vote while only 63.14% of users gave Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pattern Energy Group	Outperform Votes 492 70.49%	Underperform Votes 206 29.51%
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 447 63.14%	Underperform Votes 261 36.86%

Summary

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure beats Pattern Energy Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.