ACO.X vs. CU, ACO.Y, JE, BIP.UN, EMA, BEP.UN, CPX, BIPC, BEPC, 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), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), and TransAlta (TA). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
ATCO vs.
ATCO (TSE:ACO.X) and Canadian Utilities (TSE:CU) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
Canadian Utilities received 217 more outperform votes than ATCO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.15% of users gave Canadian Utilities an outperform vote while only 45.61% of users gave ATCO an outperform vote.
Canadian Utilities has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ATCO. 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.
ATCO pays an annual dividend of C$1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Canadian Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. ATCO pays out 57.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Utilities pays out 91.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Canadian Utilities has a net margin of 16.43% compared to ATCO's net margin of 8.16%. Canadian Utilities' return on equity of 8.72% beat ATCO's return on equity.
ATCO has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Utilities has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ATCO presently has a consensus price target of C$51.10, suggesting a potential upside of 7.99%. Canadian Utilities has a consensus price target of C$36.80, suggesting a potential upside of 6.95%. Given ATCO's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe ATCO is more favorable than Canadian Utilities.
28.4% of ATCO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.1% of Canadian Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of ATCO shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 37.6% of Canadian Utilities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Canadian Utilities had 12 more articles in the media than ATCO. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Canadian Utilities and 1 mentions for ATCO. ATCO's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Canadian Utilities' score of 0.49 indicating that ATCO is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
ATCO and Canadian Utilities tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ACO.X) was last updated on 1/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
