ACO.X vs. CU, ACO.Y, JE, BIP.UN, EMA, BEP.UN, CPX, BIPC, NPI, and TA
Should you be buying ATCO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ATCO include Canadian Utilities (CU), ATCO (ACO.Y), Just Energy Group (JE), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP.UN), Emera (EMA), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP.UN), Capital Power (CPX), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), Northland Power (NPI), and TransAlta (TA). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
ATCO vs.
Canadian Utilities (TSE:CU) and ATCO (TSE:ACO.X) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, community ranking and risk.
ATCO has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Utilities. ATCO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Utilities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Canadian Utilities received 217 more outperform votes than ATCO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.07% of users gave Canadian Utilities an outperform vote while only 45.51% of users gave ATCO an outperform vote.
Canadian Utilities has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ATCO has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Canadian Utilities had 1 more articles in the media than ATCO. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Canadian Utilities and 0 mentions for ATCO. Canadian Utilities' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled ATCO'saverage media sentiment score.
Canadian Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. ATCO pays an annual dividend of C$1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Canadian Utilities pays out 97.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ATCO pays out 57.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Canadian Utilities currently has a consensus target price of C$37.20, indicating a potential upside of 7.79%. ATCO has a consensus target price of C$51.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.47%. Given Canadian Utilities' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Canadian Utilities is more favorable than ATCO.
Canadian Utilities has a net margin of 13.41% compared to ATCO's net margin of 8.16%. ATCO's return on equity of 8.54% beat Canadian Utilities' return on equity.
14.1% of Canadian Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of ATCO shares are held by institutional investors. 37.6% of Canadian Utilities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of ATCO shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
ATCO beats Canadian Utilities on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ACO.X) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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