AY vs. PEGI, PNM, EE, BKH, OTTR, PNW, BEP, OGE, BEPC, and CWEN
Should you be buying Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure include Pattern Energy Group (PEGI), PNM Resources (PNM), Excelerate Energy (EE), Black Hills (BKH), Otter Tail (OTTR), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), OGE Energy (OGE), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), and Clearway Energy (CWEN).
Pattern Energy Group (NASDAQ:PEGI) and Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure (NASDAQ:AY) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
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 8.0%. 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.
In the previous week, Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure had 27 more articles in the media than Pattern Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure and 0 mentions for Pattern Energy Group. Pattern Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure's score of 0.00 indicating that Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pattern Energy Group has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 63.31% of users gave Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure an outperform vote.
80.6% of Pattern Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.5% of Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Pattern Energy Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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.
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.51%. Given Pattern Energy Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure is more favorable than Pattern Energy Group.
Summary
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure beats Pattern Energy Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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