Brookfield Renewable (BEPC) Competitors

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

Is BEPC or LNT more profitable?

Alliant Energy has a net margin of 16.66% compared to Brookfield Renewable's net margin of 1.16%. 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	1.16%	0.43%	0.15%
Alliant Energy	16.66%	10.56%	3.31%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, 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	$5.04B	1.07	-$181M	-$0.82	-36.69
Alliant Energy	$4.03B	3.89	$703M	$2.58	23.64

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

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

Which has more risk & volatility, BEPC or LNT?

Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 4.7%. Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Brookfield Renewable pays out -173.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliant Energy pays out 74.4% 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. 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 analysts prefer BEPC or LNT?

Brookfield Renewable currently has a consensus target price of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.35%. Alliant Energy has a consensus target price of $63.06, suggesting a potential upside of 3.40%. Given Brookfield Renewable's higher probable upside, 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Alliant Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Does the media favor BEPC or LNT?

In the previous week, Brookfield Renewable had 9 more articles in the media than Alliant Energy. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Brookfield Renewable and 5 mentions for Alliant Energy. Alliant Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Brookfield Renewable's score of 0.98 indicating that Alliant Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Renewable	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alliant Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BEPC or LNT?

Alliant Energy received 17 more outperform votes than Brookfield Renewable when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 48.15% of users gave Brookfield Renewable an outperform vote while only 36.59% of users gave Alliant Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Renewable	Outperform Votes 13 48.15%	Underperform Votes 14 51.85%
Alliant Energy	Outperform Votes 30 36.59%	Underperform Votes 52 63.41%

Summary

Alliant Energy beats Brookfield Renewable on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.