BEPC vs. EVRG, WES, SBS, WTRG, KEP, DTM, TLN, ELPC, KNTK, and ENLC
Should you be buying Brookfield Renewable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Renewable include Evergy (EVRG), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS), Essential Utilities (WTRG), Korea Electric Power (KEP), DT Midstream (DTM), Talen Energy (TLN), Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELPC), Kinetik (KNTK), and EnLink Midstream (ENLC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Brookfield Renewable vs.
Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) and Brookfield Renewable (NYSE:BEPC) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking and dividends.
Evergy received 118 more outperform votes than Brookfield Renewable when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.09% of users gave Evergy an outperform vote while only 51.61% of users gave Brookfield Renewable an outperform vote.
Evergy has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Evergy presently has a consensus price target of $69.08, suggesting a potential upside of 1.04%. Brookfield Renewable has a consensus price target of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.89%. Given Brookfield Renewable's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brookfield Renewable is more favorable than Evergy.
87.2% of Evergy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Brookfield Renewable shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Evergy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of $1.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Evergy pays out 70.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Renewable pays out -167.4% 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. Evergy has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Brookfield Renewable is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Evergy had 6 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Evergy and 17 mentions for Brookfield Renewable. Brookfield Renewable's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Evergy's score of 1.29 indicating that Brookfield Renewable is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Evergy has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Renewable. Brookfield Renewable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Evergy has a net margin of 14.77% compared to Brookfield Renewable's net margin of -0.15%. Evergy's return on equity of 8.77% beat Brookfield Renewable's return on equity.
Summary
Evergy beats Brookfield Renewable on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BEPC) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
