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.
Caribbean Utilities (TSE:CUP.U) and Crius Energy Unt (TSE:KWH.UN) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
Caribbean Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Crius Energy Unt pays an annual dividend of C$0.64 per share. Caribbean Utilities pays out 72.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crius Energy Unt pays out -291.6% 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.
In the previous week, Caribbean Utilities' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Crius Energy Unt'saverage media sentiment score.
0.1% of Caribbean Utilities shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.3% of Caribbean Utilities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Caribbean Utilities currently has a consensus price target of C$14.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.64%. Given Caribbean Utilities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Caribbean Utilities is more favorable than Crius Energy Unt.
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.
Caribbean Utilities has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Summary
Caribbean Utilities beats Crius Energy Unt on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:CUP.U) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
