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Northland Power (NPI) Competitors

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C$18.42 -0.10 (-0.54%)
As of 04/14/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

NPI vs. BEPC, AQN, RNW, INE, BLX, ARR, PIF, GIP, LCFS, and SPG

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), Innergex Renewable Energy (INE), Boralex (BLX), Altius Renewable Royalties (ARR), Polaris Renewable Energy (PIF), Green Impact Partners (GIP), Tidewater Renewables (LCFS), and Spark Power Group (SPG). These companies are all part of the "utilities - renewable" industry.

Northland Power vs.

Northland Power (TSE:NPI) and Brookfield Renewable (TSE:BEPC) 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, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and risk.

Northland Power has a net margin of -5.92% compared to Brookfield Renewable's net margin of -16.64%. Northland Power's return on equity of -3.37% beat Brookfield Renewable's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Northland Power-5.92% -3.37% 3.96%
Brookfield Renewable -16.64%-9.33%2.20%

Northland Power currently has a consensus price target of C$27.21, suggesting a potential upside of 47.74%. Given Northland Power's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Northland Power is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Northland Power
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Brookfield Renewable
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Northland Power has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Northland Power received 532 more outperform votes than Brookfield Renewable when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Northland PowerOutperform Votes
532
66.42%
Underperform Votes
269
33.58%
Brookfield RenewableN/AN/A

In the previous week, Northland Power and Northland Power both had 2 articles in the media. Brookfield Renewable's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Northland Power's score of 0.00 indicating that Brookfield Renewable is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

49.4% of Northland Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of Brookfield Renewable shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Northland Power shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Brookfield Renewable shares are owned 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.

Brookfield Renewable has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Northland Power. Northland Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Renewable, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Northland PowerC$2.44B1.98-C$144.54M-C$0.55-33.75
Brookfield RenewableC$866.38M4.43-C$144.17M-C$1.98-18.87

Northland Power pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of C$1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Northland Power pays out -219.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Renewable pays out -96.5% 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. Northland Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Northland Power beats Brookfield Renewable on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NPI vs. The Competition

MetricNorthland PowerUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$4.83BC$1.22BC$15.34BC$5.43B
Dividend Yield6.90%5.34%5.92%6.84%
P/E Ratio-33.759.0715.2230.13
Price / Sales1.9891.6521.27542.93
Price / Cash5.7938.2818.4382.93
Price / Book1.071.351.953.49
Net Income-C$144.54MC$258.26MC$664.08MC$299.64M
7 Day Performance3.37%2.35%4.12%6.85%
1 Month Performance-2.80%0.37%1.27%-3.49%
1 Year Performance-15.19%3.40%10.43%12.69%

Northland Power Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NPI
Northland Power
2.3927 of 5 stars
C$18.42
-0.5%
C$27.21
+47.7%
-16.8%C$4.83BC$2.44B-33.751,150Gap Down
BEPC
Brookfield Renewable
N/AC$36.31
-0.3%
N/A+21.3%C$3.73BC$866.38M-18.341,890Gap Down
AQN
Algonquin Power & Utilities
1.0173 of 5 stars
C$6.69
-2.9%
C$5.50
-17.8%
-11.7%C$3.63BC$1.95B-3.363,440
RNW
TransAlta Renewables
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$3.33BC$496M41.601,680
INE
Innergex Renewable Energy
0.9277 of 5 stars
C$13.43
-0.1%
C$11.59
-13.7%
+71.1%C$2.75BC$1.00B-21.54602
BLX
Boralex
2.0865 of 5 stars
C$26.12
+0.7%
C$40.25
+54.1%
+7.7%C$2.72BC$952.11M38.29180Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
ARR
Altius Renewable Royalties
1.0369 of 5 stars
N/AC$17.50
+∞
N/AC$369.48MC$2.67M-150.00N/A
PIF
Polaris Renewable Energy
1.8256 of 5 stars
C$11.25
-0.9%
C$22.67
+101.5%
-0.9%C$167.19MC$53.34M23.31235Gap Down
High Trading Volume
GIP
Green Impact Partners
N/AC$5.65
-3.4%
C$10.06
+78.1%
+126.9%C$110.79MC$107.07M-9.9089
LCFS
Tidewater Renewables
N/AC$3.01
-1.3%
C$4.79
+59.2%
N/AC$104.80MC$387.24M-0.2837Gap Up
SPG
Spark Power Group
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$74.48MC$259.65M-4.563,300High Trading Volume
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This page (TSE:NPI) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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