CPX vs. BEP.UN, TA, MXG, BIP.UN, EMA, CU, ACO.X, NPI, BIPC, and BEPC
Should you be buying Capital Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capital Power include Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP.UN), TransAlta (TA), Maxim Power (MXG), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP.UN), Emera (EMA), Canadian Utilities (CU), ATCO (ACO.X), Northland Power (NPI), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), and Brookfield Renewable (BEPC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Capital Power vs.
Brookfield Renewable Partners (TSE:BEP.UN) and Capital Power (TSE:CPX) 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, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and risk.
Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of C$1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Capital Power pays an annual dividend of C$2.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays out -219.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital Power pays out 62.0% 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 Renewable Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
65.8% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.1% of Capital Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Capital Power shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Power has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Capital Power received 90 more outperform votes than Brookfield Renewable Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.85% of users gave Brookfield Renewable Partners an outperform vote while only 52.56% of users gave Capital Power an outperform vote.
Brookfield Renewable Partners presently has a consensus target price of C$40.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.96%. Capital Power has a consensus target price of C$62.33, indicating a potential upside of 34.92%. Given Capital Power's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Capital Power is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable Partners.
Capital Power has a net margin of 15.53% compared to Brookfield Renewable Partners' net margin of -4.20%. Capital Power's return on equity of 15.16% beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' return on equity.
In the previous week, Brookfield Renewable Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Capital Power. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners and 2 mentions for Capital Power. Capital Power's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' score of -0.15 indicating that Capital Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Capital Power has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Renewable Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Capital Power beats Brookfield Renewable Partners on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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