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Brookfield Renewable (BEPC) Competitors

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$29.15 -0.12 (-0.41%)
(As of 10:10 AM ET)

BEPC vs. FTS, LNT, WES, EVRG, AGR, EBR, WTRG, SBS, DTM, and KEP

Should you be buying Brookfield Renewable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Renewable include Fortis (FTS), Alliant Energy (LNT), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Evergy (EVRG), Avangrid (AGR), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Essential Utilities (WTRG), Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS), DT Midstream (DTM), and Korea Electric Power (KEP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Brookfield Renewable vs.

Fortis (NYSE:FTS) 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 media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Fortis has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Renewable. Brookfield Renewable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fortis$11.44B1.82$1.17B$2.3817.55
Brookfield Renewable$4.22B1.24-$181M-$0.82-35.55

Fortis has a net margin of 14.06% compared to Brookfield Renewable's net margin of 1.16%. Fortis' return on equity of 7.01% beat Brookfield Renewable's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fortis14.06% 7.01% 2.32%
Brookfield Renewable 1.16%0.43%0.15%

Brookfield Renewable has a consensus target price of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.64%. Given Brookfield Renewable's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brookfield Renewable is more favorable than Fortis.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fortis
2 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.33
Brookfield Renewable
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

57.8% of Fortis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Brookfield Renewable shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Fortis pays an annual dividend of $1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Fortis pays out 76.1% 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 pays out -173.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Renewable is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Fortis has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Fortis had 2 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Fortis and 8 mentions for Brookfield Renewable. Fortis' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Brookfield Renewable's score of 0.54 indicating that Fortis is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fortis
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Brookfield Renewable
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Fortis received 265 more outperform votes than Brookfield Renewable when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.64% of users gave Fortis an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Brookfield Renewable an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
FortisOutperform Votes
279
52.64%
Underperform Votes
251
47.36%
Brookfield RenewableOutperform Votes
14
50.00%
Underperform Votes
14
50.00%

Summary

Fortis beats Brookfield Renewable on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BEPC vs. The Competition

MetricBrookfield RenewableElectric services IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.24B$13.99B$7.92B$19.68B
Dividend Yield4.80%4.39%11.37%3.51%
P/E Ratio-35.5515.3117.0043.79
Price / Sales1.248,171.88109.9917.84
Price / Cash2.748.7312.4121.73
Price / Book0.312.203.635.48
Net Income-$181M$666.62M$930.36M$987.88M
7 Day Performance-2.48%-0.27%-1.68%-2.00%
1 Month Performance-3.00%4.53%-1.45%1.00%
1 Year Performance2.68%38.93%5.51%16.82%

Brookfield Renewable Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BEPC
Brookfield Renewable
3.9178 of 5 stars
$29.15
-0.4%
$34.00
+16.6%
+1.8%$5.24B$4.22B-35.551,890
FTS
Fortis
3.412 of 5 stars
$42.15
-0.4%
N/A+2.2%$20.97B$8.53B17.779,600
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.3648 of 5 stars
$60.35
-0.2%
$63.39
+5.0%
+17.7%$15.49B$4.03B23.433,281Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
WES
Western Midstream Partners
2.3296 of 5 stars
$39.28
-1.2%
$37.88
-3.6%
+38.9%$14.95B$3.11B10.141,377
EVRG
Evergy
3.2915 of 5 stars
$61.74
-0.3%
$61.88
+0.2%
+18.8%$14.20B$5.78B16.734,658Positive News
AGR
Avangrid
3.4277 of 5 stars
$35.71
+0.3%
$34.67
-2.9%
+8.4%$13.82B$8.31B12.237,999Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
EBR
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás
0.9648 of 5 stars
$5.84
-1.0%
N/A-29.6%$13.44B$38.08B0.008,328
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.6353 of 5 stars
$38.95
+0.7%
$44.00
+13.0%
+5.3%$10.70B$2.05B19.353,258Dividend Announcement
Positive News
SBS
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP
1.7502 of 5 stars
$14.67
-0.5%
N/A+2.9%$10.03B$5.12B5.7511,170Positive News
DTM
DT Midstream
4.068 of 5 stars
$100.08
+0.2%
$84.78
-15.3%
+86.1%$9.72B$976M24.48360Short Interest ↓
Positive News
KEP
Korea Electric Power
1.2062 of 5 stars
$7.55
+1.8%
N/A+2.9%$9.69B$91.66T3.4448,696

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