BLX vs. BEPC, NPI, AQN, RNW, INE, ARR, PIF, LCFS, SPG, and GIP Should you be buying Boralex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boralex include Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Northland Power (NPI), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), TransAlta Renewables (RNW), Innergex Renewable Energy (INE), Altius Renewable Royalties (ARR), Polaris Renewable Energy (PIF), Tidewater Renewables (LCFS), Spark Power Group (SPG), and Green Impact Partners (GIP). These companies are all part of the "utilities - renewable" industry.
Brookfield Renewable (TSE:BEPC ) and Boralex (TSE:BLX ) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Boralex received 386 more outperform votes than Brookfield Renewable when rated by MarketBeat users.
76.9% of Brookfield Renewable shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.6% of Boralex shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Brookfield Renewable shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Boralex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Brookfield Renewable has a net margin of 29.75% compared to Brookfield Renewable's net margin of 10.14%. Boralex's return on equity of 10.84% beat Brookfield Renewable's return on equity.
Brookfield Renewable has higher revenue and earnings than Boralex. Brookfield Renewable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boralex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of 1.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Boralex pays an annual dividend of C$0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Brookfield Renewable pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boralex pays out 67.3% 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. Brookfield Renewable is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boralex has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Boralex had 5 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Boralex and 0 mentions for Brookfield Renewable. Brookfield Renewable's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Boralex's score of 0.00 indicating that Boralex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Boralex has a consensus target price of C$40.38, suggesting a potential upside of 16.72%. Given Brookfield Renewable's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Boralex is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable.
Summary Boralex beats Brookfield Renewable on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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