CUP.U vs. KWH.UN, FTS, H, EMA, INE, SPB, VNR, ACI, ACO.Y, and GWR
Should you be buying Caribbean Utilities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Caribbean Utilities include Crius Energy Unt (KWH.UN), Fortis (FTS), Hydro One (H), Emera (EMA), Innergex Renewable Energy (INE), Superior Plus (SPB), Valener (VNR), TriSummit Utilities Inc. (ACI.TO) (ACI), ATCO (ACO.Y), and Global Water Resources (GWR). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Caribbean Utilities vs.
Crius Energy Unt (TSE:KWH.UN) and Caribbean Utilities (TSE:CUP.U) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
Caribbean Utilities has a consensus price target of C$14.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.69%. Given Crius Energy Unt's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Crius Energy Unt is more favorable than Caribbean Utilities.
Caribbean Utilities has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Crius Energy Unt. Crius Energy Unt is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caribbean Utilities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Crius Energy Unt received 113 more outperform votes than Caribbean Utilities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.03% of users gave Crius Energy Unt an outperform vote while only 54.29% of users gave Caribbean Utilities an outperform vote.
0.1% of Caribbean Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. 58.3% of Caribbean Utilities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Crius Energy Unt pays an annual dividend of C$0.64 per share. Caribbean Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Crius Energy Unt pays out -291.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Caribbean Utilities pays out 72.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Caribbean Utilities has a net margin of 13.81% compared to Crius Energy Unt's net margin of 0.00%. Caribbean Utilities' return on equity of 12.40% beat Crius Energy Unt's return on equity.
In the previous week, Crius Energy Unt's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Caribbean Utilities'average media sentiment score.
Summary
Caribbean Utilities beats Crius Energy Unt on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:CUP.U) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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