BEPC vs. WES, LNT, AGR, EVRG, EBR, DTM, SBS, KNTK, WTRG, and KEP
Should you be buying Brookfield Renewable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Renewable include Western Midstream Partners (WES), Alliant Energy (LNT), Avangrid (AGR), Evergy (EVRG), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), DT Midstream (DTM), Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS), Kinetik (KNTK), Essential Utilities (WTRG), and Korea Electric Power (KEP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Brookfield Renewable vs.
Brookfield Renewable (NYSE:BEPC) and Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Brookfield Renewable had 4 more articles in the media than Western Midstream Partners. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Brookfield Renewable and 4 mentions for Western Midstream Partners. Western Midstream Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Brookfield Renewable's score of 0.76 indicating that Western Midstream Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Western Midstream Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Renewable. Brookfield Renewable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Western Midstream Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Western Midstream Partners has a net margin of 42.99% compared to Brookfield Renewable's net margin of 1.16%. Western Midstream Partners' return on equity of 46.02% beat Brookfield Renewable's return on equity.
Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Western Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Brookfield Renewable pays out -173.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western Midstream Partners pays out 89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Brookfield Renewable presently has a consensus target price of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.28%. Western Midstream Partners has a consensus target price of $37.88, suggesting a potential downside of 8.73%. Given Brookfield Renewable's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield Renewable is more favorable than Western Midstream Partners.
Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.9, meaning that its stock price is 190% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Western Midstream Partners received 580 more outperform votes than Brookfield Renewable when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.59% of users gave Western Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Brookfield Renewable an outperform vote.
75.1% of Brookfield Renewable shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned 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.
Summary
Western Midstream Partners beats Brookfield Renewable on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BEPC) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
