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Canadian Utilities (CU) Competitors

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C$38.23 +0.16 (+0.42%)
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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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Canadian Utilities13.41% 7.21% 2.66%
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners -0.09%5.21%3.18%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Canadian Utilities
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Canadian UtilitiesC$2.81B2.78C$376.93MC$1.8520.66
Brookfield Infrastructure PartnersC$19.78B1.01-C$57M-C$0.18-239.67

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Canadian Utilities
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
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, 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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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CU vs. The Competition

MetricCanadian UtilitiesUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$7.81BC$13.77BC$16.23BC$8.70B
Dividend Yield5.31%4.21%5.48%6.67%
P/E Ratio20.6614.9417.3868.10
Price / Sales2.7833.44368.77210.71
Price / Cash11.0338.9819.1583.29
Price / Book1.462.762.165.35
Net IncomeC$376.93M-C$1.32BC$751.26MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-0.83%0.27%-0.79%2.94%
1 Month Performance-2.00%1.19%0.26%5.18%
1 Year Performance13.78%19.78%334.97%32.88%

Canadian Utilities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CU
Canadian Utilities
0.7727 of 5 stars
C$38.23
+0.4%
C$39.20
+2.5%
+13.7%C$7.81BC$2.81B20.669,018
BIP.UN
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
N/AC$42.69
+0.8%
N/A-0.3%C$19.71BC$19.78B-237.1744,000News Coverage
ACO.X
ATCO
1.0022 of 5 stars
C$50.56
-0.8%
C$54.70
+8.2%
N/AC$5.04BC$4.71B14.7820,175
ACO.Y
ATCO
N/AC$52.00
-1.4%
N/AN/AC$646.36MC$4.71B15.2020,175News Coverage
JE
Just Energy Group
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$236.55MC$2.46B-0.491,120Positive News
H
Hydro One
0.5194 of 5 stars
C$50.57
-0.2%
C$51.00
+0.9%
+10.8%C$30.32BC$8.37B26.6750,000
EMA
Emera
1.3006 of 5 stars
C$65.95
-0.6%
C$64.33
-2.5%
+28.4%C$19.34BC$7.21B25.567,120
BEP.UN
Brookfield Renewable Partners
0.9219 of 5 stars
C$34.85
-0.9%
C$42.00
+20.5%
+5.6%C$9.93BC$5.48B-40.06N/ADividend Announcement
CPX
Capital Power
2.7113 of 5 stars
C$58.57
-1.0%
C$65.78
+12.3%
+29.5%C$8.27BC$3.88B13.92737Positive News
NPI
Northland Power
2.6722 of 5 stars
C$22.28
flat
C$27.08
+21.6%
+5.2%C$5.85BC$2.44B-40.821,150News Coverage
Positive News
TA
TransAlta
3.1898 of 5 stars
C$16.85
+0.6%
C$19.22
+14.1%
+45.6%C$5.06BC$2.83B24.021,257News Coverage

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