Comparing Kansai Electric Power (OTCMKTS:KAEPY) and Northland Power (OTCMKTS:NPIFF)

Northland Power (OTCMKTS:NPIFF) and Kansai Electric Power (OTCMKTS:KAEPY) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Northland Power and Kansai Electric Power’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northland Power	-11.70%	8.60%	2.78%
Kansai Electric Power	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Northland Power and Kansai Electric Power”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Northland Power	$1.71 billion	2.00	$198.38 million	($0.81)	-16.19
Kansai Electric Power	N/A	N/A	N/A	($61.46)	-0.13

Northland Power has higher revenue and earnings than Kansai Electric Power. Northland Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kansai Electric Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Northland Power and Kansai Electric Power, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northland Power	0	3	5	0	2.63
Kansai Electric Power	0	0	0	0	0.00

Summary

Northland Power beats Kansai Electric Power on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Northland Power

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.

About Kansai Electric Power

The Kansai Electric Power Company, Incorporated engages in electricity, gas and heat supply, and telecommunication businesses in Japan. It operates through four segments: Energy Business, Power Transmission and Distribution Business, Information and Communication Business, and Life and Business Solution Business. The company generates power from thermal, hydropower, wind, biomass, and nuclear power generation plants. It is also involved in the power transmission and distribution business; provision of information and communication services for homes and businesses under the eo Hikari brand; mobile business under the mineo business; corporate solution business; and real estate leasing, sale, and management activities; and leisure, leasing, call center management, medical and health care, and home security businesses. In addition, the company engages in the designing, construction, operation, maintenance, and management of power generation, power distribution, electrical, and information communication facilities, and information and communication equipment; telephone pole advertisement; manufacture, supply, and sale of gas; manufacture and sale of power distribution equipment, such as overhead wire hardware, insulators/bushings, steel pipe poles, concrete poles, etc.; housing equipment sales; remodeling work; and passenger/freight transportation. Further, it is involved in the survey and research on safety technology for nuclear power generation, survey/design /construction supervision related to civil engineering, etc.; acceptance/ storage/vaporization /delivery of LNG; condominium high-voltage batch power reception service business; fuel trading and transportation; and provision of survey, analysis, consulting, and construction services related to the environment, civil engineering, and architecture, as well as public relations and engineering services. The Kansai Electric Power Company, Incorporated was incorporated in 1951 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.