Financial Comparison: Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE:BEP) & W2 Energy (OTCMKTS:AEPT)

W2 Energy (OTCMKTS:AEPT) and Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE:BEP) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.

Risk and Volatility

W2 Energy has a beta of -0.25, suggesting that its share price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for W2 Energy and Brookfield Renewable Partners, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
W2 Energy	0	0	0	0	0.00
Brookfield Renewable Partners	0	6	10	0	2.62

Brookfield Renewable Partners has a consensus target price of $38.14, indicating a potential upside of 20.25%. Given Brookfield Renewable Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brookfield Renewable Partners is more favorable than W2 Energy.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares W2 Energy and Brookfield Renewable Partners”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
W2 Energy	$23.81 million	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
Brookfield Renewable Partners	$6.41 billion	1.49	$3.00 million	($0.46)	-68.96

Brookfield Renewable Partners has higher revenue and earnings than W2 Energy.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

2.3% of W2 Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.2% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares W2 Energy and Brookfield Renewable Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
W2 Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
Brookfield Renewable Partners	4.50%	0.84%	0.29%

Summary

Brookfield Renewable Partners beats W2 Energy on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About W2 Energy

American Environmental Partners, Inc., through its subsidiaries, sources, treats, and distributes reclaimed water in the United States. It engages in the designing, construction, and operation of regional water treatment facilities that serve industrial, energy, and government sectors. The company also focuses on drilling, operating, and partnership opportunities in the upstream oil and gas space. It also provides geotechnical services; educational marketing platforms of podcasts and videography; and construction, drilling, flowback, completions, and well-site services. The company was formerly known as American Energy Partners, Inc. and changed its name to American Environmental Partners, Inc. in October 2023. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is based in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.

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.