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Canadian Utilities (CU) Competitors

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C$34.98 +0.60 (+1.75%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

CU vs. BIP.UN, ACO.X, ACO.Y, JE, H, EMA, BEP.UN, BIPC, BEPC, and CPX

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), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), and Capital Power (CPX). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

Canadian Utilities vs.

Canadian Utilities (TSE:CU) and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (TSE:BIP.UN) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Canadian Utilities has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 59.15% of users gave Canadian Utilities an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Canadian UtilitiesOutperform Votes
430
59.15%
Underperform Votes
297
40.85%
Brookfield Infrastructure PartnersOutperform Votes
229
75.08%
Underperform Votes
76
24.92%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Canadian UtilitiesC$3.74B1.92C$537MC$1.9817.67
Brookfield Infrastructure PartnersC$19.78B1.13-C$57M-C$0.18-268.11

Canadian Utilities currently has a consensus price target of C$36.80, suggesting a potential upside of 5.20%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a consensus price target of C$34.00, suggesting a potential downside of 29.55%. Given Canadian Utilities' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Canadian Utilities is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Canadian Utilities
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Canadian Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Canadian Utilities pays out 91.4% 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.

In the previous week, Canadian Utilities had 6 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Canadian Utilities and 0 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Canadian Utilities' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Canadian Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Canadian Utilities Neutral
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Neutral

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, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Canadian Utilities has a net margin of 16.43% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' net margin of -0.09%. Canadian Utilities' return on equity of 8.72% beat Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Canadian Utilities16.43% 8.72% 2.66%
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners -0.09%5.21%3.18%

Summary

Canadian Utilities beats Brookfield Infrastructure Partners on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CU vs. The Competition

MetricCanadian UtilitiesUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$7.17BC$9.92BC$12.77BC$6.08B
Dividend Yield5.09%3.82%4.09%5.33%
P/E Ratio17.67226.4499.5426.33
Price / Sales1.9238.3526.271,427.12
Price / Cash11.0316.8918.4082.02
Price / Book1.772.912.273.06
Net IncomeC$537MC$817.41MC$621.66MC$291.48M
7 Day Performance0.98%0.50%-0.26%-0.14%
1 Month Performance-5.38%-3.71%-0.74%-1.45%
1 Year Performance11.83%7.71%9.77%42.59%

Canadian Utilities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CU
Canadian Utilities
1.0969 of 5 stars
C$34.98
+1.7%
C$36.80
+5.2%
+11.6%C$7.17BC$3.74B17.679,018Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
BIP.UN
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
0.2562 of 5 stars
C$48.26
+0.7%
C$34.00
-29.5%
+27.3%C$22.28BC$19.78B-268.1144,000
ACO.X
ATCO
1.2795 of 5 stars
C$48.55
+0.4%
C$51.10
+5.3%
+26.8%C$4.84BC$4.71B14.2020,175Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
ACO.Y
ATCO
N/AC$49.55
+1.1%
N/A+33.9%C$615.91MC$4.71B14.4920,175
JE
Just Energy Group
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$236.55MC$2.46B-0.491,120
H
Hydro One
0.7273 of 5 stars
C$44.66
+1.5%
C$43.00
-3.7%
+16.6%C$26.77BC$8.11B23.8850,000
EMA
Emera
1.1167 of 5 stars
C$50.76
+0.6%
C$52.10
+2.6%
+4.3%C$14.64BC$7.35B19.757,120Analyst Revision
News Coverage
BEP.UN
Brookfield Renewable Partners
1.7998 of 5 stars
C$35.45
-0.2%
C$40.00
+12.8%
+3.4%C$10.11BC$5.48B-40.75N/APositive News
BIPC
Brookfield Infrastructure
N/A60.80
+1.9%
N/A+39.1%$8.02B$3.28B4.521,700
BEPC
Brookfield Renewable
N/A42.39
-0.6%
N/A+16.4%$7.61B$4.71B7.461,890News Coverage
CPX
Capital Power
2.1043 of 5 stars
C$57.04
-3.0%
C$55.11
-3.4%
+45.3%C$7.41BC$3.88B11.30737

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This page (TSE:CU) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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