NPI vs. BEPC, AQN, RNW, BLX, INE, ARR, PIF, SPG, GIP, and UGE
Should you be buying Northland Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northland Power include Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), TransAlta Renewables (RNW), Boralex (BLX), Innergex Renewable Energy (INE), Altius Renewable Royalties (ARR), Polaris Renewable Energy (PIF), Spark Power Group (SPG), Green Impact Partners (GIP), and UGE International (UGE). These companies are all part of the "utilities - renewable" industry.
Northland Power vs.
Brookfield Renewable (TSE:BEPC) and Northland Power (TSE:NPI) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
Northland Power has a consensus price target of C$29.71, suggesting a potential upside of 67.50%. Given Northland Power's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Northland Power is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable.
Brookfield Renewable has a net margin of 15.74% compared to Northland Power's net margin of 2.98%. Brookfield Renewable's return on equity of 6.51% beat Northland Power's return on equity.
Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northland Power has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Northland Power had 11 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Northland Power and 2 mentions for Brookfield Renewable. Brookfield Renewable's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Northland Power's score of -0.25 indicating that Brookfield Renewable is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of C$1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Northland Power pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Brookfield Renewable pays out 33.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northland Power pays out 500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Northland Power received 530 more outperform votes than Brookfield Renewable when rated by MarketBeat users.
78.0% of Brookfield Renewable shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of Northland Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Brookfield Renewable shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Northland Power shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Brookfield Renewable has higher revenue and earnings than Northland Power. Brookfield Renewable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northland Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Northland Power beats Brookfield Renewable on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:NPI) was last updated on 1/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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