Critical Review: Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE:BEP) and Uniper (OTCMKTS:UNPRF)

Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE:BEP) and Uniper (OTCMKTS:UNPRF) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

63.2% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 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.

Profitability

This table compares Brookfield Renewable Partners and Uniper’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Renewable Partners	4.50%	0.84%	0.29%
Uniper	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Brookfield Renewable Partners and Uniper”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Renewable Partners	$6.41 billion	1.45	$3.00 million	($0.46)	-67.52
Uniper	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Brookfield Renewable Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Uniper.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Brookfield Renewable Partners and Uniper, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Renewable Partners	0	6	10	0	2.62
Uniper	0	0	0	0	0.00

Brookfield Renewable Partners presently has a consensus price target of $38.14, suggesting a potential upside of 22.80%. Given Brookfield Renewable Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Brookfield Renewable Partners is more favorable than Uniper.

Summary

Brookfield Renewable Partners beats Uniper on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Brookfield Renewable Partners

Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. owns a portfolio of renewable power generating facilities primarily in North America, Colombia, and Brazil. The company generates electricity through hydroelectric, wind, solar, distributed generation, and pumped storage, as well as renewable natural gas, carbon capture and storage, recycling, cogeneration biomass, nuclear services, and power transformation. Brookfield Renewable Partners Limited operates as the general partner of Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. The company was formerly known as Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. and changed its name to Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. in May 2016. Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. was founded in 1999 and is based in Toronto, Canada. Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P operates as a subsidiary of Brookfield Corporation.

About Uniper

Uniper SE operates as an energy company in Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, the rest of Europe, and internationally. It operates in three segments: Green Generation, Flexible Generation, and Greener Commodities. The Green Generation segment operates emission-free electricity generation facilities, including hydroelectric, nuclear, wind, and solar power plants. The Flexible Generation segment operates power and heat generation plants, such as gas-fired, combined gas and steam, coal, and oil-fired power plants, as well as provides energy services. The Greener Commodities segment sells natural gas to distributors, large industrial customers, power plant operators, and international energy markets. This segment also engages in gas storage operations; infrastructure investments; import, trade, and process or store green molecules comprising hydrogen, biomethane, and ammonia; procurement of fuels; trading carbon dioxide certificates; and trading green certificates for the supply of green energy. The company was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany. Uniper SE operates as a subsidiary of UBG Uniper Beteiligungsholding GmbH.