Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR) Competitors

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (NYSE:EBR) and CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, EBR or CNP?

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CenterPoint Energy has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EBR or CNP a better dividend stock?

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. CenterPoint Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. CenterPoint Energy pays out 58.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has better earnings & valuation, EBR or CNP?

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CenterPoint Energy.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	$7.44B	2.28	$977.82M	N/A	N/A
CenterPoint Energy	$8.70B	2.12	$917M	$1.36	21.45

Does the media prefer EBR or CNP?

In the previous week, CenterPoint Energy had 20 more articles in the media than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for CenterPoint Energy and 1 mentions for Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat CenterPoint Energy's score of 0.99 indicating that Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CenterPoint Energy	9 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EBR or CNP?

CenterPoint Energy received 292 more outperform votes than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.02% of users gave Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás an outperform vote while only 56.27% of users gave CenterPoint Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	Outperform Votes 157 59.02%	Underperform Votes 109 40.98%
CenterPoint Energy	Outperform Votes 449 56.27%	Underperform Votes 349 43.73%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in EBR or CNP?

6.5% of Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of CenterPoint Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of CenterPoint Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is EBR or CNP more profitable?

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a net margin of 13.34% compared to CenterPoint Energy's net margin of 10.55%. CenterPoint Energy's return on equity of 10.44% beat Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	13.34%	4.37%	1.82%
CenterPoint Energy	10.55%	10.44%	2.59%

Do analysts prefer EBR or CNP?

CenterPoint Energy has a consensus target price of $30.18, indicating a potential upside of 3.75%. Given CenterPoint Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CenterPoint Energy is more favorable than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
CenterPoint Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Summary

CenterPoint Energy beats Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.