Contrasting Hydro One (HRNNF) & The Competition

Hydro One (OTCMKTS:HRNNF) is one of 105 publicly-traded companies in the “Electric Utilities” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Hydro One to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Hydro One and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hydro One	$6.47 billion	$958.32 million	22.43
Hydro One Competitors	$14.88 billion	$1.54 billion	20.22

Hydro One’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Hydro One. Hydro One is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Hydro One pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Hydro One pays out 59.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Electric Utilities” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.3% and pay out 65.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Hydro One and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hydro One	14.88%	11.02%	3.56%
Hydro One Competitors	13.77%	9.64%	3.17%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Hydro One and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hydro One	1	5	1	0	2.00
Hydro One Competitors	1395	6396	5342	137	2.32

As a group, “Electric Utilities” companies have a potential upside of 11.15%. Given Hydro One’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hydro One has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

59.9% of shares of all “Electric Utilities” companies are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of shares of all “Electric Utilities” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Hydro One peers beat Hydro One on 9 of the 14 factors compared.

Hydro One Company Profile

Hydro One Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as an electricity transmission and distribution company in Ontario. The company operates through three segments: Transmission, Distribution, and Other. It owns and operates approximately 30,000 circuit kilometers of high-voltage transmission lines and approximately 125,000 circuit kilometers primary low-voltage distribution lines. The company serves residential, small business, commercial, and industrial customers, as well as municipal utilities. It also provides telecommunications support services for its transmission and distribution businesses; and information and communications technology services and solutions. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.