AQN vs. BIPC, TA, BEPC, RNW, UNS, ORA, ET, POM, NFG, and NOU
Should you be buying Algonquin Power & Utilities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Algonquin Power & Utilities include Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), TransAlta (TA), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), TransAlta Renewables (RNW), Uni-Select (UNS), Aura Minerals (ORA), Evertz Technologies (ET), PolyMet Mining (POM), New Found Gold (NFG), and Nouveau Monde Graphite (NOU). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Algonquin Power & Utilities vs.
Algonquin Power & Utilities (TSE:AQN) and Brookfield Infrastructure (TSE:BIPC) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and community ranking.
62.0% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Algonquin Power & Utilities has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Algonquin Power & Utilities received 518 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Algonquin Power & Utilities had 1 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Algonquin Power & Utilities and 0 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure. Brookfield Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Algonquin Power & Utilities' score of 0.59 indicating that Brookfield Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Algonquin Power & Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Brookfield Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Algonquin Power & Utilities pays out -18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Infrastructure pays out -32.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Brookfield Infrastructure has a net margin of -18.82% compared to Algonquin Power & Utilities' net margin of -39.22%. Brookfield Infrastructure's return on equity of 196.70% beat Algonquin Power & Utilities' return on equity.
Algonquin Power & Utilities presently has a consensus target price of C$5.50, suggesting a potential downside of 20.41%. Given Algonquin Power & Utilities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Algonquin Power & Utilities is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure.
Brookfield Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Algonquin Power & Utilities. Brookfield Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Algonquin Power & Utilities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Brookfield Infrastructure beats Algonquin Power & Utilities on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:AQN) was last updated on 3/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
