Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (AQNB) Stock Analysis
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Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is an investment holding company, which engages in energy generation and water distribution facilities. It operates through the Regulated Services Group and Renewable Energy Group segments. The Regulated Services Group segment owns and operates a portfolio of electric, natural gas, water distribution, and wastewater collection utility systems and transmission. The Renewable Energy Group segment focuses on operating a diversified portfolio of renewable and thermal electric generation assets. The company was founded on August 1, 1988 and is headquartered in Oakville, Canada.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Price | $26.41 |
| Market cap | $19.4B |
| Sector | Utilities |
| Industry | Diversified Utilities |
| ClaritX AI score | 10/100 |
| Price/Book | 0.85 |
| Dividend yield | 4.94% |
| Beta | 0.17 |
AI verdict
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (AQNB) operates as a deeply distressed utility masquerading as a stable defensive asset. The stock currently trades at $26.41, sitting a mere $0.56, or roughly 2.08%, below its absolute 52-week high of $26.97. Coupled with a virtually nonexistent beta of 0.1747, the equity exhibits an artificial price float entirely disconnected from broader market reality. Trading this close to absolute highs is not a symptom of bullish fundamental tailwinds; rather, it reflects an asset trapped in a suffocatingly tight $1.62 annual range. A beaten-down stock at these fundamentals would be dangerous, but an asset priced just 2.08% off its 52-week high with these toxic metrics implies severe impending mean-reversion risk. There is absolutely no margin of safety remaining. The foundational architecture of the business is actively collapsing. Burning capital with a negative Free Cash Flow of -$0.0755 per share and suffocating under a massive Net Debt to EBITDA multiple of 7.18x, the enterprise mathematically cannot sustain its 142.15% dividend payout ratio. Wall Street consensus has completely abandoned the name, issuing a bottom-tier 1/100 rating across critical DCF and valuation metrics. Holding this equity is heavily over-leveraged, significantly overvalued at 28.07x earnings, and teetering on the edge of a massive, inevitable dividend slash. Rating 10/100
What this score has been worth
ClaritX scores AQNB 10 out of 100 (snapshot 2026-10-05).
Every ClaritX analysis is scored first and judged only on what the stock did afterwards. Across the 117 analyses that scored in the 0-49 band, the average forward return was -4.2% with a 32% win rate, -9.0pp against the S&P 500. That is a measured tendency across many names, not a forecast for AQNB — roughly 68% of stocks in this band still lost money.
The full band-by-band table, including the bands that lost, is on the AI Rank Report; the live strategy arms behind it are on the AI Track Record, losses published.