BEPC vs. FE, PPL, ES, FTS, CNP, NRG, EBR, AGR, PNW, and BEP
Should you be buying Brookfield Renewable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Renewable include FirstEnergy (FE), PPL (PPL), Eversource Energy (ES), Fortis (FTS), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), NRG Energy (NRG), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Avangrid (AGR), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), and Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) and Brookfield Renewable (NYSE:BEPC) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
FirstEnergy received 578 more outperform votes than Brookfield Renewable when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.45% of users gave FirstEnergy an outperform vote while only 54.17% of users gave Brookfield Renewable an outperform vote.
FirstEnergy has a net margin of 8.22% compared to FirstEnergy's net margin of 7.10%. Brookfield Renewable's return on equity of 12.45% beat FirstEnergy's return on equity.
FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, FirstEnergy had 1 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for FirstEnergy and 8 mentions for Brookfield Renewable. FirstEnergy's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Brookfield Renewable's score of 0.69 indicating that Brookfield Renewable is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
89.4% of FirstEnergy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Brookfield Renewable shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of FirstEnergy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
FirstEnergy has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Renewable. Brookfield Renewable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstEnergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FirstEnergy presently has a consensus target price of $40.20, indicating a potential upside of 3.10%. Brookfield Renewable has a consensus target price of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.45%. Given FirstEnergy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield Renewable is more favorable than FirstEnergy.
FirstEnergy pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. FirstEnergy pays out 97.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brookfield Renewable pays out -308.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstEnergy has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Brookfield Renewable is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
FirstEnergy beats Brookfield Renewable on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BEPC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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