TAC vs. PAM, KEN, HE, EDN, PNM, OTTR, BKH, ELP, ENIC, and AQN
Should you be buying TransAlta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TransAlta include Pampa Energía (PAM), Kenon (KEN), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (EDN), PNM Resources (PNM), Otter Tail (OTTR), Black Hills (BKH), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), Enel Chile (ENIC), and Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
TransAlta (NYSE:TAC) and Pampa Energía (NYSE:PAM) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
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.
TransAlta has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pampa Energía has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, TransAlta had 7 more articles in the media than Pampa Energía. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for TransAlta and 1 mentions for Pampa Energía. TransAlta's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Pampa Energía's score of 0.00 indicating that TransAlta is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 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.
59.0% of TransAlta shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.8% of Pampa Energía shares are held by institutional investors. 13.1% of TransAlta shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 55.5% of Pampa Energía shares are held 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.
Pampa Energía has a consensus price target of $41.33, suggesting a potential downside of 15.20%. Given Pampa Energía's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pampa Energía is more favorable than TransAlta.
Summary
TransAlta and Pampa Energía tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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