Brookfield Renewable (BEPC) Competitors

Brookfield Renewable (NYSE:BEPC) and Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, BEPC or LNT?

Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BEPC or LNT?

Brookfield Renewable presently has a consensus target price of $32.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.00%. Alliant Energy has a consensus target price of $63.39, indicating a potential upside of 0.92%. Given Brookfield Renewable's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Brookfield Renewable is more favorable than Alliant Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Renewable	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Alliant Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has better valuation and earnings, BEPC or LNT?

Alliant Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Renewable. Brookfield Renewable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alliant Energy, 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
Brookfield Renewable	$5.88B	0.72	$236M	-$0.89	-32.61
Alliant Energy	$3.97B	4.06	$703M	$2.58	24.34

Does the media favor BEPC or LNT?

In the previous week, Alliant Energy had 16 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Alliant Energy and 5 mentions for Brookfield Renewable. Brookfield Renewable's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Alliant Energy's score of 1.20 indicating that Brookfield Renewable is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Renewable	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alliant Energy	13 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BEPC or LNT a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Brookfield Renewable pays out -159.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliant Energy pays out 78.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alliant Energy has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Brookfield Renewable is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in BEPC or LNT?

75.1% of Brookfield Renewable shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BEPC or LNT?

Alliant Energy received 14 more outperform votes than Brookfield Renewable when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.33% of users gave Brookfield Renewable an outperform vote while only 36.14% of users gave Alliant Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Renewable	Outperform Votes 16 53.33%	Underperform Votes 14 46.67%
Alliant Energy	Outperform Votes 30 36.14%	Underperform Votes 53 63.86%

Is BEPC or LNT more profitable?

Alliant Energy has a net margin of 16.66% compared to Brookfield Renewable's net margin of -0.15%. Alliant Energy's return on equity of 10.56% beat Brookfield Renewable's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Renewable	-0.15%	-0.06%	-0.02%
Alliant Energy	16.66%	10.56%	3.31%

Summary

Alliant Energy beats Brookfield Renewable on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.