CU vs. BIP.UN, ACO.X, ACO.Y, JE, H, EMA, BEP.UN, CPX, BIPC, and NPI
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), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), and Northland Power (NPI). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Canadian Utilities vs.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (TSE:BIP.UN) and Canadian Utilities (TSE:CU) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Canadian Utilities received 201 more outperform votes than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.08% of users gave Brookfield Infrastructure Partners an outperform vote while only 59.07% of users gave Canadian Utilities an outperform vote.
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.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners presently has a consensus price target of C$34.00, suggesting a potential downside of 27.54%. Canadian Utilities has a consensus price target of C$37.20, suggesting a potential upside of 8.17%. Given Canadian Utilities' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian Utilities is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners.
In the previous week, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Canadian Utilities. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and 0 mentions for Canadian Utilities. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Canadian Utilities' score of 0.00 indicating that Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Canadian Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays out -1,211.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Utilities has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
67.1% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.1% of Canadian Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. 37.6% of Canadian Utilities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Canadian Utilities has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Summary
Canadian Utilities beats Brookfield Infrastructure Partners on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:CU) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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