PAM vs. TAC, PNM, OTTR, HE, BKH, KEN, ELP, EDN, ENIC, and AQN
Should you be buying Pampa Energía stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pampa Energía include TransAlta (TAC), PNM Resources (PNM), Otter Tail (OTTR), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), Black Hills (BKH), Kenon (KEN), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (EDN), Enel Chile (ENIC), and Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Pampa Energía (NYSE:PAM) and TransAlta (NYSE:TAC) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
12.8% of Pampa Energía shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of TransAlta shares are held by institutional investors. 55.5% of Pampa Energía shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of TransAlta shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Pampa Energía presently has a consensus price target of $41.33, indicating a potential downside of 6.15%. Given Pampa Energía's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Pampa Energía is more favorable than TransAlta.
TransAlta has higher revenue and earnings than Pampa Energía. TransAlta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pampa Energía, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pampa Energía has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TransAlta has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pampa Energía received 12 more outperform votes than TransAlta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.96% of users gave Pampa Energía an outperform vote while only 54.90% of users gave TransAlta an outperform vote.
TransAlta has a net margin of 20.05% compared to Pampa Energía's net margin of 17.45%. TransAlta's return on equity of 48.42% beat Pampa Energía's return on equity.
In the previous week, TransAlta had 12 more articles in the media than Pampa Energía. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for TransAlta and 2 mentions for Pampa Energía. TransAlta's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Pampa Energía's score of 0.40 indicating that TransAlta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Pampa Energía and TransAlta tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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