TC Energy (NYSE:TRP) versus Itm Power (OTCMKTS:ITMPF) Head-To-Head Comparison

Itm Power (OTCMKTS:ITMPF) and TC Energy (NYSE:TRP) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Itm Power and TC Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Itm Power	0	1	0	1	3.00
TC Energy	1	6	7	0	2.43

TC Energy has a consensus target price of $72.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.62%. Given TC Energy’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TC Energy is more favorable than Itm Power.

Risk & Volatility

Itm Power has a beta of 2.22, suggesting that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TC Energy has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Itm Power and TC Energy”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Itm Power	$33.35 million	31.10	-$58.30 million	N/A	N/A
TC Energy	$10.91 billion	5.79	$2.52 billion	$2.32	26.13

TC Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Itm Power.

Profitability

This table compares Itm Power and TC Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Itm Power	N/A	N/A	N/A
TC Energy	23.04%	10.52%	3.10%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

83.1% of TC Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

TC Energy beats Itm Power on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Itm Power

ITM Power Plc designs and manufactures proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysers in the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, rest of Europe, and the United States. Its product portfolio includes TRIDENT, an PEM electrolysers stack technology; NEPTUNE, a 2MW plug and play electrolyser for small to mid-size projects; and POSEIDON, a cutting-edge 20 MW module for large-scale projects. ITM Power Plc was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Sheffield, the United Kingdom.

About TC Energy

TC Energy Corporation operates as an energy infrastructure company in North America. It operates through five segments: Canadian Natural Gas Pipelines; U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines; Mexico Natural Gas Pipelines; Liquids Pipelines; and Power and Energy Solutions. The company builds and operates a network of 93,600 kilometers of natural gas pipelines, which transports natural gas from supply basins to local distribution companies, power generation plants, industrial facilities, interconnecting pipelines, LNG export terminals, and other businesses. It also has regulated natural gas storage facilities with a total working gas capacity of 532 billion cubic feet. In addition, it has approximately 4,900 kilometers of liquids pipeline system that connects Alberta crude oil pipeline to refining markets in Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas, and the United States Gulf Coast. Further, the company owns or has interests in power generation facilities with approximately 4,600 megawatts; and owns and operates approximately 118 billion cubic feet of non-regulated natural gas storage facilities in in Alberta, Ontario, Québec, and New Brunswick. The company was formerly known as TransCanada Corporation and changed its name to TC Energy Corporation in May 2019. TC Energy Corporation was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.