EBR vs. NRG, CNP, AGR, FTS, ES, PPL, FE, DTE, ETR, and PNW
Should you be buying Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás include NRG Energy (NRG), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Avangrid (AGR), Fortis (FTS), Eversource Energy (ES), PPL (PPL), FirstEnergy (FE), DTE Energy (DTE), Entergy (ETR), and Pinnacle West Capital (PNW). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) and Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (NYSE:EBR) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
NRG Energy has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NRG Energy.
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a net margin of 12.98% compared to Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' net margin of 5.76%. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' return on equity of 42.60% beat NRG Energy's return on equity.
NRG Energy currently has a consensus target price of $68.00, suggesting a potential downside of 18.90%. Given Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe NRG Energy is more favorable than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás.
NRG Energy received 521 more outperform votes than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.02% of users gave NRG Energy an outperform vote while only 59.02% of users gave Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás an outperform vote.
In the previous week, NRG Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for NRG Energy and 3 mentions for Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat NRG Energy's score of 0.59 indicating that NRG Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NRG Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. NRG Energy pays out 23.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NRG Energy has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. NRG Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
97.7% of NRG Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.5% of Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of NRG Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
NRG Energy beats Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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