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Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN) Competitors

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C$6.89 -0.29 (-4.04%)
As of 04/4/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

AQN vs. BIPC, BEPC, TA, RNW, UNS, ORA, ET, POM, NOU, and NFG

Should you be buying Algonquin Power & Utilities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Algonquin Power & Utilities include Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), TransAlta (TA), TransAlta Renewables (RNW), Uni-Select (UNS), Aura Minerals (ORA), Evertz Technologies (ET), PolyMet Mining (POM), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NOU), and New Found Gold (NFG). 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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Algonquin Power & Utilities-39.22% -19.30% 1.59%
Brookfield Infrastructure -18.82%196.70%7.43%

In the previous week, Algonquin Power & Utilities had 2 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Algonquin Power & Utilities and 1 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure. Algonquin Power & Utilities' average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Brookfield Infrastructure's score of 0.34 indicating that Algonquin Power & Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Algonquin Power & Utilities
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Brookfield Infrastructure
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Algonquin Power & Utilities presently has a consensus target price of C$5.50, suggesting a potential downside of 20.17%. Given Algonquin Power & Utilities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Algonquin Power & Utilities is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Algonquin Power & Utilities
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Brookfield Infrastructure
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Algonquin Power & UtilitiesOutperform Votes
518
72.75%
Underperform Votes
194
27.25%
Brookfield InfrastructureN/AN/A

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Algonquin Power & UtilitiesC$1.95B1.92-C$763.91M-C$1.99-3.46
Brookfield InfrastructureC$2.13B1.93-C$400.51M-C$6.81-7.22

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 4.4%. 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.

62.0% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Brookfield Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Algonquin Power & Utilities beats Brookfield Infrastructure on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AQN vs. The Competition

MetricAlgonquin Power & UtilitiesUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$3.74BC$1.19BC$14.91BC$5.30B
Dividend Yield9.93%5.57%5.68%6.44%
P/E Ratio-3.469.0415.0329.31
Price / Sales1.9286.0120.25518.34
Price / Cash59.5240.2018.5383.21
Price / Book0.781.141.883.29
Net Income-C$763.91MC$273.15MC$667.57MC$300.28M
7 Day Performance-7.14%-4.99%-2.32%-7.18%
1 Month Performance-0.58%-2.32%0.08%-6.59%
1 Year Performance-17.98%2.20%6.46%4.28%

Algonquin Power & Utilities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AQN
Algonquin Power & Utilities
1.1114 of 5 stars
C$6.89
-4.0%
C$5.50
-20.2%
-18.0%C$3.74BC$1.95B-3.463,440
BIPC
Brookfield Infrastructure
N/AC$52.00
+0.6%
N/A+9.9%C$4.35BC$2.13B-7.641,700News Coverage
Positive News
BEPC
Brookfield Renewable
N/AC$40.08
+0.1%
N/A+10.8%C$4.12BC$866.38M-20.251,890News Coverage
TA
TransAlta
2.6302 of 5 stars
C$13.48
-0.6%
C$18.36
+36.2%
+33.3%C$4.05BC$2.83B19.211,257
RNW
TransAlta Renewables
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$3.33BC$496M41.601,680
UNS
Uni-Select
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.10BC$1.77B24.355,200
ORA
Aura Minerals
0.8764 of 5 stars
C$27.76
+0.1%
C$16.00
-42.4%
+111.4%C$1.44BC$391.49M-26.841,480
ET
Evertz Technologies
3.279 of 5 stars
C$10.36
-0.8%
C$14.33
+38.4%
-30.3%C$793.52MC$498.53M13.7112,600
POM
PolyMet Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$556.16MN/A-10.595,184
NOU
Nouveau Monde Graphite
N/AC$3.24
+5.5%
N/A+4.9%C$493.33MN/A-5.407,120Analyst Revision
Gap Up
NFG
New Found Gold
N/AC$1.70
+0.9%
N/A-71.9%C$345.89MN/A-6.002,130Gap Up
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