SPB vs. BIPC, VNR, ACI, CFY, BEPC, CU, NPI, AQN, CPX, and ACO.X
Should you be buying Superior Plus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Superior Plus include Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), Valener (VNR), TriSummit Utilities Inc. (ACI.TO) (ACI), CF Energy (CFY), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Canadian Utilities (CU), Northland Power (NPI), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Capital Power (CPX), and ATCO (ACO.X). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Brookfield Infrastructure (TSE:BIPC) and Superior Plus (TSE:SPB) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Superior Plus received 425 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users.
Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of 2.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Superior Plus pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays out 43.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Brookfield Infrastructure has a net margin of 15.13% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure's net margin of 0.57%. Superior Plus' return on equity of 88.01% beat Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity.
Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Superior Plus has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Superior Plus has a consensus target price of C$12.69, indicating a potential upside of 34.97%. Given Brookfield Infrastructure's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Superior Plus is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure.
In the previous week, Superior Plus had 3 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Superior Plus and 0 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure. Brookfield Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Superior Plus' score of 0.00 indicating that Superior Plus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
73.2% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of Superior Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Superior Plus 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.
Brookfield Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Superior Plus.
Summary
Superior Plus beats Brookfield Infrastructure on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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