BEPC vs. EMA, BIPC, TA, AQN, RNW, UNS, ORA, ET, POM, and NFG
Should you be buying Brookfield Renewable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Renewable include Emera (EMA), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), TransAlta (TA), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), TransAlta Renewables (RNW), Uni-Select (UNS), Aura Minerals (ORA), Evertz Technologies (ET), PolyMet Mining (POM), and New Found Gold (NFG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Brookfield Renewable vs.
Emera (TSE:EMA) and Brookfield Renewable (TSE:BEPC) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
Emera pays an annual dividend of C$2.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of C$1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Emera pays out 112.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brookfield Renewable pays out 33.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
28.1% of Emera shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of Brookfield Renewable shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Emera shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Brookfield Renewable shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Brookfield Renewable has a net margin of 15.74% compared to Emera's net margin of 10.83%. Emera's return on equity of 6.60% beat Brookfield Renewable's return on equity.
Emera received 590 more outperform votes than Brookfield Renewable when rated by MarketBeat users.
Brookfield Renewable has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Emera. Brookfield Renewable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Emera, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Emera had 3 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Emera and 1 mentions for Brookfield Renewable. Emera's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Brookfield Renewable's score of 0.00 indicating that Emera is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Emera currently has a consensus target price of C$57.10, suggesting a potential upside of 6.43%. Given Emera's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Emera is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable.
Emera has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Emera beats Brookfield Renewable on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:BEPC) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
