HCP vs. ELP, CYBR, XP, SQM, AZPN, DOX, PRFT, COMP, DAVA, and VIV
Should you be buying HashiCorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HashiCorp include Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), CyberArk Software (CYBR), XP (XP), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Aspen Technology (AZPN), Amdocs (DOX), Perficient (PRFT), Compass (COMP), Endava (DAVA), and Telefônica Brasil (VIV).
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (NYSE:ELP) and HashiCorp (NASDAQ:HCP) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL has a net margin of 10.17% compared to Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's net margin of -32.70%. HashiCorp's return on equity of 8.72% beat Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's return on equity.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL has higher revenue and earnings than HashiCorp.
HashiCorp received 352 more outperform votes than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.76% of users gave Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL an outperform vote while only 52.54% of users gave HashiCorp an outperform vote.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HashiCorp has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
3.8% of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of HashiCorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.5% of HashiCorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
HashiCorp has a consensus target price of $30.77, suggesting a potential downside of 7.82%. Given Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HashiCorp is more favorable than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL.
In the previous week, HashiCorp had 14 more articles in the media than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for HashiCorp and 2 mentions for Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat HashiCorp's score of 0.25 indicating that HashiCorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
HashiCorp beats Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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