CPX vs. BEP.UN, TA, BIP.UN, EMA, BEPC, CU, BIPC, NPI, AQN, and ACO.X
Should you be buying Capital Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capital Power include Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP.UN), TransAlta (TA), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP.UN), Emera (EMA), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Canadian Utilities (CU), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), Northland Power (NPI), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), and ATCO (ACO.X). 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 profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.
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.
In the previous week, Brookfield Renewable Partners had 4 more articles in the media than Capital Power. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners and 0 mentions for Capital Power. Capital Power's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Brookfield Renewable Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of C$1.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Capital Power pays an annual dividend of C$2.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays out -307.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital Power pays out 47.0% 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 received 75 more outperform votes than Brookfield Renewable Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.94% of users gave Brookfield Renewable Partners an outperform vote while only 53.06% of users gave Capital Power an outperform vote.
Brookfield Renewable Partners presently has a consensus target price of C$38.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.13%. Capital Power has a consensus target price of C$44.45, indicating a potential upside of 13.03%. Given Brookfield Renewable Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Capital Power is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable Partners.
67.4% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.7% of Capital Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Capital Power shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Capital Power has a net margin of 16.78% compared to Capital Power's net margin of -2.25%. Brookfield Renewable Partners' return on equity of 19.80% beat Capital Power's return on equity.
Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Power has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Capital Power beats Brookfield Renewable Partners on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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