CEPU vs. ENLT, RNW, AY, AMPS, NEP, ALCC, ORA, BEPC, CWEN, and GLP
Should you be buying Central Puerto stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Central Puerto include Enlight Renewable Energy (ENLT), ReNew Energy Global (RNW), Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure (AY), Altus Power (AMPS), NextEra Energy Partners (NEP), AltC Acquisition (ALCC), Ormat Technologies (ORA), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Clearway Energy (CWEN), and Global Partners (GLP). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Enlight Renewable Energy (NASDAQ:ENLT) and Central Puerto (NYSE:CEPU) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.
In the previous week, Enlight Renewable Energy had 19 more articles in the media than Central Puerto. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Enlight Renewable Energy and 2 mentions for Central Puerto. Central Puerto's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Enlight Renewable Energy's score of -0.33 indicating that Enlight Renewable Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Central Puerto has a net margin of 50.95% compared to Central Puerto's net margin of 23.15%. Enlight Renewable Energy's return on equity of 20.80% beat Central Puerto's return on equity.
Central Puerto received 109 more outperform votes than Enlight Renewable Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.57% of users gave Enlight Renewable Energy an outperform vote while only 56.60% of users gave Central Puerto an outperform vote.
Central Puerto has higher revenue and earnings than Enlight Renewable Energy. Central Puerto is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enlight Renewable Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enlight Renewable Energy currently has a consensus price target of $18.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.80%. Central Puerto has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential downside of 22.48%. Given Central Puerto's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Enlight Renewable Energy is more favorable than Central Puerto.
38.9% of Enlight Renewable Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of Central Puerto shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Central Puerto shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Enlight Renewable Energy has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Puerto has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Enlight Renewable Energy beats Central Puerto on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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