Hydro One (HRNNF) & Its Competitors Head-To-Head Analysis

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Hydro One and its rivals, 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	1429	6555	5530	145	2.32

As a group, “Electric Utilities” companies have a potential upside of 4.72%. Given Hydro One’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hydro One has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

60.0% 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Hydro One pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. 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 3.1% and pay out 64.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Hydro One and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hydro One	$6.47 billion	$958.32 million	23.94
Hydro One Competitors	$14.19 billion	$1.54 billion	20.14

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

Profitability

This table compares Hydro One and its rivals’ 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	14.15%	9.68%	3.20%

Summary

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

About Hydro One

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.