Caribbean Utilities (CUP.U) Competitors

Crius Energy Unt (TSE:KWH.UN) and Caribbean Utilities (TSE:CUP.U) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

Which has better earnings and valuation, KWH.UN or CUP.U?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crius Energy Unt	C$1.21B	0.41	-C$12.34M	-C$0.22	-40.37
Caribbean Utilities	C$287.75M	1.80	C$38.76M	C$1.02	13.25

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of KWH.UN or CUP.U?

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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Is KWH.UN or CUP.U a better dividend stock?

Crius Energy Unt pays an annual dividend of C$0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Caribbean Utilities pays an annual dividend of C$0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. 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. Crius Energy Unt is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KWH.UN or CUP.U?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crius Energy Unt	Outperform Votes 170 59.03%	Underperform Votes 118 40.97%
Caribbean Utilities	Outperform Votes 57 54.29%	Underperform Votes 48 45.71%

Is KWH.UN or CUP.U more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crius Energy Unt	N/A	N/A	N/A
Caribbean Utilities	13.81%	12.40%	3.13%

Do analysts recommend KWH.UN or CUP.U?

Caribbean Utilities has a consensus price target of C$14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.63%. Given Caribbean Utilities' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Caribbean Utilities is more favorable than Crius Energy Unt.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crius Energy Unt	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Caribbean Utilities	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to KWH.UN or CUP.U?

In the previous week, Caribbean Utilities had 4 more articles in the media than Crius Energy Unt. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Caribbean Utilities and 0 mentions for Crius Energy Unt. Caribbean Utilities' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Crius Energy Unt's score of 0.00 indicating that Caribbean Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Crius Energy Unt	Neutral
Caribbean Utilities	Neutral

Summary

Caribbean Utilities beats Crius Energy Unt on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.