Maxim Power (MXG) Competitors

Maxim Power (TSE:MXG) and Brookfield Renewable Partners (TSE:BEP.UN) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MXG or BEP.UN?

3.0% of Maxim Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 71.2% of Maxim Power shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, MXG or BEP.UN?

Maxim Power has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brookfield Renewable Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maxim Power, 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
Maxim Power	C$144.21M	2.11	C$53.09M	C$0.82	5.79
Brookfield Renewable Partners	C$5.48B	1.85	-C$230M	-C$0.87	-40.98

Is MXG or BEP.UN more profitable?

Maxim Power has a net margin of 36.82% compared to Brookfield Renewable Partners' net margin of -4.20%. Maxim Power's return on equity of 13.54% beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maxim Power	36.82%	13.54%	2.32%
Brookfield Renewable Partners	-4.20%	0.46%	0.84%

Does the media prefer MXG or BEP.UN?

In the previous week, Brookfield Renewable Partners had 5 more articles in the media than Maxim Power. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners and 1 mentions for Maxim Power. Maxim Power's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' score of 0.65 indicating that Maxim Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Maxim Power	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brookfield Renewable Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate MXG or BEP.UN?

Brookfield Renewable Partners has a consensus target price of C$42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.81%. Given Brookfield Renewable Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield Renewable Partners is more favorable than Maxim Power.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Maxim Power	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Brookfield Renewable Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk & volatility, MXG or BEP.UN?

Maxim Power has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Maxim Power beats Brookfield Renewable Partners on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.