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ATCO (ACO.Y) Competitors

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C$51.75 -0.29 (-0.56%)
As of 08/6/2025 02:56 PM Eastern

ACO.Y vs. JE, BIP.UN, CU, ACO.X, SPB, VNR, ACI, KWH.UN, CUP.U, and GWR

Should you be buying ATCO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ATCO include Just Energy Group (JE), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP.UN), Canadian Utilities (CU), ATCO (ACO.X), Superior Plus (SPB), Valener (VNR), TriSummit Utilities Inc. (ACI.TO) (ACI), Crius Energy Unt (KWH.UN), Caribbean Utilities (CUP.U), and Global Water Resources (GWR). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

ATCO vs. Its Competitors

ATCO (TSE:ACO.Y) and Just Energy Group (TSE:JE) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Just Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat ATCO's score of 1.11 indicating that Just Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
ATCO Positive
Just Energy Group Positive

ATCO has higher revenue and earnings than Just Energy Group. Just Energy Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ATCO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ATCOC$4.71B0.14C$385MC$3.4215.13
Just Energy GroupC$2.46B0.00-C$485.26M-C$10.09N/A

ATCO has a net margin of 8.16% compared to Just Energy Group's net margin of 0.00%. ATCO's return on equity of 8.54% beat Just Energy Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ATCO8.16% 8.54% 2.95%
Just Energy Group N/A N/A N/A

Summary

ATCO beats Just Energy Group on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ACO.Y and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE 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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ACO.Y vs. The Competition

MetricATCOUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$643.25MC$13.86BC$16.21BC$6.37B
Dividend Yield4.19%4.21%5.46%6.72%
P/E Ratio15.1314.8620.0159.64
Price / Sales0.1434.04179.611,449.67
Price / Cash3.8432.5919.0683.29
Price / Book1.292.642.124.90
Net IncomeC$385M-C$1.32BC$751.46MC$301.20M
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.36%2.92%0.97%
1 Month Performance-0.14%-0.51%17.00%1.93%
1 Year Performance16.95%21.23%131.24%33.01%

ATCO Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACO.Y
ATCO
N/AC$51.75
-0.6%
N/A+16.9%C$643.25MC$4.71B15.1320,175News Coverage
Positive News
JE
Just Energy Group
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$236.55MC$2.46B-0.491,120Positive News
Lockup Expiration
BIP.UN
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
0.7958 of 5 stars
C$42.91
-0.4%
C$34.00
-20.8%
+3.0%C$19.81BC$19.78B-238.3944,000
CU
Canadian Utilities
0.7233 of 5 stars
C$38.73
+0.4%
C$38.83
+0.3%
+17.9%C$7.91BC$2.81B20.939,018Analyst Revision
ACO.X
ATCO
1.2241 of 5 stars
C$50.89
+1.4%
C$53.08
+4.3%
+16.2%C$5.08BC$4.71B14.8820,175
SPB
Superior Plus
2.2111 of 5 stars
C$6.90
-0.3%
C$9.95
+44.2%
-11.6%C$1.16BC$1.80B25.3711,000
VNR
Valener
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.02BC$86.25M17.73381
ACI
TriSummit Utilities Inc. (ACI.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.00BC$326.30M23.92290,000
KWH.UN
Crius Energy Unt
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$498.13MC$1.21B-40.37N/AHigh Trading Volume
CUP.U
Caribbean Utilities
N/AC$12.92
-0.6%
N/A-7.4%C$495.74MC$287.75M12.67226News Coverage
GWR
Global Water Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$425.84MC$43.94M59.478,000

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