CU vs. BIP.UN, ACO.X, ACO.Y, JE, H, EMA, BEP.UN, CPX, NPI, and TA
Should you be buying Canadian Utilities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Utilities include Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP.UN), ATCO (ACO.X), ATCO (ACO.Y), Just Energy Group (JE), Hydro One (H), Emera (EMA), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP.UN), Capital Power (CPX), Northland Power (NPI), and TransAlta (TA). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Canadian Utilities vs. Its Competitors
Canadian Utilities (TSE:CU) and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (TSE:BIP.UN) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
Canadian Utilities has a net margin of 13.41% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' net margin of -0.09%. Canadian Utilities' return on equity of 7.21% beat Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' return on equity.
Canadian Utilities has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Canadian Utilities currently has a consensus target price of C$39.20, suggesting a potential upside of 2.54%. Given Canadian Utilities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Canadian Utilities is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners.
Canadian Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Canadian Utilities pays out 97.8% 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 Infrastructure Partners pays out -1,211.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Canadian Utilities has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Utilities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners had 2 more articles in the media than Canadian Utilities. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and 1 mentions for Canadian Utilities. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Canadian Utilities' score of 0.08 indicating that Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
14.1% of Canadian Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 37.6% of Canadian Utilities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Canadian Utilities beats Brookfield Infrastructure Partners on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:CU) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff