Analyzing Northland Power (NPIFF) and Its Competitors

Northland Power (OTCMKTS:NPIFF) is one of 141 public companies in the “Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Northland Power to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

36.0% of shares of all “Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers” companies are held by institutional investors. 21.5% of shares of all “Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers” companies are held by company 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.

Dividends

Northland Power pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Northland Power pays out -126.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers” companies pay a dividend yield of 6.4% and pay out 275.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Northland Power and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northland Power	0	3	4	0	2.57
Northland Power Competitors	935	2939	3723	180	2.40

As a group, “Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers” companies have a potential upside of 140.43%. Given Northland Power’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Northland Power has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Northland Power and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Northland Power	$1.74 billion	-$116.84 million	-36.76
Northland Power Competitors	$6.35 billion	$832.25 million	20.54

Northland Power’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Northland Power. Northland Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Volatility and Risk

Northland Power has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northland Power’s competitors have a beta of -64.81, suggesting that their average share price is 6,581% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Northland Power and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northland Power	-5.60%	10.37%	3.30%
Northland Power Competitors	-38.57%	13.37%	0.70%

Summary

Northland Power competitors beat Northland Power on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

Northland Power Company Profile

Northland Power Inc., an independent power producer, develops, builds, owns, and operates clean and green power projects in Canada, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Colombia, and internationally. The company produces electricity from renewable resources, such as wind and solar, as well as natural gas for sale under power purchase agreements and other revenue arrangements. It owned or had an economic interest 3.4 gigawatts of operating generating capacity. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.