Altus Power (AMPS) Competitors

TransAlta (NYSE:TAC) and Altus Power (NYSE:AMPS) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.

Do analysts recommend TAC or AMPS?

TransAlta presently has a consensus price target of $19.50, indicating a potential upside of 78.56%. Altus Power has a consensus price target of $5.06, indicating a potential upside of 3.00%. Given TransAlta's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe TransAlta is more favorable than Altus Power.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TransAlta	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Altus Power	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TAC or AMPS?

TransAlta received 256 more outperform votes than Altus Power when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.81% of users gave Altus Power an outperform vote while only 55.28% of users gave TransAlta an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TransAlta	Outperform Votes 293 55.28%	Underperform Votes 237 44.72%
Altus Power	Outperform Votes 37 57.81%	Underperform Votes 27 42.19%

Does the media refer more to TAC or AMPS?

In the previous week, TransAlta had 12 more articles in the media than Altus Power. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for TransAlta and 3 mentions for Altus Power. TransAlta's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Altus Power's score of 0.06 indicating that TransAlta is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TransAlta	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Altus Power	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TAC or AMPS?

59.0% of TransAlta shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.6% of Altus Power shares are held by institutional investors. 13.1% of TransAlta shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.3% of Altus Power shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, TAC or AMPS?

TransAlta has higher revenue and earnings than Altus Power. Altus Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransAlta, 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
TransAlta	$2.49B	1.31	$514.86M	$0.37	29.52
Altus Power	$155.16M	5.09	-$9.35M	$0.22	22.34

Which has more risk and volatility, TAC or AMPS?

TransAlta has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altus Power has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TAC or AMPS more profitable?

Altus Power has a net margin of 19.18% compared to TransAlta's net margin of 5.72%. TransAlta's return on equity of 17.46% beat Altus Power's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TransAlta	5.72%	17.46%	1.84%
Altus Power	19.18%	4.79%	1.16%

Summary

TransAlta beats Altus Power on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.