EDN vs. HE, KEN, TAC, PAM, UTL, SHEN, MSEX, IDT, CLNE, and CNSL
Should you be buying Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima include Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), Kenon (KEN), TransAlta (TAC), Pampa Energía (PAM), Unitil (UTL), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Middlesex Water (MSEX), IDT (IDT), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), and Consolidated Communications (CNSL). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:EDN) and Hawaiian Electric Industries (NYSE:HE) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
1.6% of Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of Hawaiian Electric Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hawaiian Electric Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima had 1 more articles in the media than Hawaiian Electric Industries. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima and 2 mentions for Hawaiian Electric Industries. Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Hawaiian Electric Industries' score of -0.34 indicating that Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima has a net margin of 8.22% compared to Hawaiian Electric Industries' net margin of 5.45%. Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima's return on equity of 15.78% beat Hawaiian Electric Industries' return on equity.
Hawaiian Electric Industries has a consensus target price of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.86%. Given Hawaiian Electric Industries' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hawaiian Electric Industries is more favorable than Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima.
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawaiian Electric Industries has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hawaiian Electric Industries received 113 more outperform votes than Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.35% of users gave Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote while only 50.42% of users gave Hawaiian Electric Industries an outperform vote.
Hawaiian Electric Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima. Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawaiian Electric Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima beats Hawaiian Electric Industries on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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