ELP vs. ENIC, BKH, AQN, OTTR, POR, PNM, IDA, PAM, TAC, and BEP
Should you be buying Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL include Enel Chile (ENIC), Black Hills (BKH), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Otter Tail (OTTR), Portland General Electric (POR), PNM Resources (PNM), IDACORP (IDA), Pampa Energía (PAM), TransAlta (TAC), and Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Enel Chile (NYSE:ENIC) and Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (NYSE:ELP) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Enel Chile has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Enel Chile has a net margin of 14.69% compared to Enel Chile's net margin of 10.55%. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's return on equity of 127.33% beat Enel Chile's return on equity.
Enel Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Enel Chile pays out 54.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL had 2 more articles in the media than Enel Chile. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL and 2 mentions for Enel Chile. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Enel Chile's score of -0.13 indicating that Enel Chile is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Enel Chile has higher revenue and earnings than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL received 53 more outperform votes than Enel Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.76% of users gave Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL an outperform vote while only 62.37% of users gave Enel Chile an outperform vote.
3.2% of Enel Chile shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Enel Chile and Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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