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C$34.80 -0.35 (-1.00%)
(As of 01:14 PM ET)

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

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 Renewable (BEPC), and Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC). 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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Infrastructure PartnersC$19.78B1.07-C$57M-C$0.18-253.61
Canadian UtilitiesC$3.74B1.92C$537MC$1.9817.66

67.1% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.1% of Canadian Utilities shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.6% of Canadian Utilities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Canadian Utilities' score of 0.00 indicating that Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Positive
Canadian Utilities Neutral

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
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners-0.09% 5.21% 3.18%
Canadian Utilities 16.43%8.72%2.66%

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

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Canadian Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays out -1,211.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 currently has a consensus price target of C$34.00, suggesting a potential downside of 25.52%. Canadian Utilities has a consensus price target of C$36.80, suggesting a potential upside of 5.23%. Given Canadian Utilities' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian Utilities is more favorable than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners.

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

Summary

Canadian Utilities beats Brookfield Infrastructure Partners on 10 of the 17 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$9.25BC$13.44BC$5.67B
Dividend Yield5.09%3.82%4.05%5.76%
P/E Ratio17.66222.8399.5628.24
Price / Sales1.9236.8030.861,182.55
Price / Cash11.0316.8918.2878.38
Price / Book1.772.852.253.36
Net IncomeC$537MC$817.41MC$626.37MC$286.11M
7 Day Performance-2.51%-2.45%-1.16%-2.11%
1 Month Performance-0.29%-3.15%-1.56%2.12%
1 Year Performance11.05%1.83%5.79%37.59%

Canadian Utilities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CU
Canadian Utilities
0.6215 of 5 stars
C$34.80
-1.0%
C$36.80
+5.7%
+10.9%C$7.13BC$3.74B17.759,018
BIP.UN
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
0.4631 of 5 stars
C$46.15
-0.8%
C$34.00
-26.3%
+15.1%C$21.31BC$19.78B-258.5644,000
ACO.X
ATCO
1.6053 of 5 stars
C$48.25
+0.6%
C$51.10
+5.9%
+25.4%C$4.81BC$4.71B14.0320,175News Coverage
Positive News
ACO.Y
ATCO
N/AC$51.48
+2.0%
N/AN/AC$639.90MC$4.71B14.7620,175
JE
Just Energy Group
N/AC$4.92
flat
N/AN/AC$236.55MC$2.46B-0.491,120
H
Hydro One
0.8504 of 5 stars
C$44.20
-0.5%
C$43.00
-2.7%
+13.0%C$26.50BC$8.11B23.7650,000Dividend Announcement
EMA
Emera
1.5646 of 5 stars
C$54.57
-0.2%
C$57.10
+4.6%
+9.3%C$15.74BC$7.35B21.277,120
BEP.UN
Brookfield Renewable Partners
1.3347 of 5 stars
C$33.95
+0.1%
C$40.00
+17.8%
-5.8%C$9.68BC$5.48B-38.97N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
CPX
Capital Power
3.1778 of 5 stars
C$62.59
flat
C$56.78
-9.3%
+70.4%C$8.13BC$3.88B12.39737Positive News
BEPC
Brookfield Renewable
N/A42.37
+0.1%
N/A+8.9%$7.61B$4.71B7.451,890
BIPC
Brookfield Infrastructure
N/A57.24
-1.0%
N/A+20.6%$7.56B$3.28B4.301,700Positive News

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This page (TSE:CU) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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