Northland Power (NPI) Competitors

Northland Power (TSE:NPI) and Brookfield Renewable (TSE:BEPC) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.

Do analysts prefer NPI or BEPC?

Northland Power presently has a consensus price target of C$28.07, indicating a potential upside of 57.26%. Given Northland Power's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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

Does the media prefer NPI or BEPC?

In the previous week, Northland Power's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Brookfield Renewable'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Northland Power	Neutral
Brookfield Renewable	Neutral

Which has better valuation and earnings, NPI or BEPC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Northland Power	C$2.44B	1.92	-C$144.54M	-C$0.55	-32.70
Brookfield Renewable	C$866.38M	4.89	-C$144.17M	-C$1.98	-20.85

Is NPI or BEPC more profitable?

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%

Which has more risk & volatility, NPI or BEPC?

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NPI or BEPC?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NPI or BEPC?

Northland Power received 531 more outperform votes than Brookfield Renewable when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northland Power	Outperform Votes 531 66.54%	Underperform Votes 267 33.46%
Brookfield Renewable	N/A	N/A

Is NPI or BEPC a better dividend stock?

Northland Power pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Brookfield Renewable pays an annual dividend of C$1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. 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 17 factors compared between the two stocks.