Vident Advisory LLC Has $1.03 Million Stock Position in Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (NYSE:ELP)

Vident Advisory LLC grew its holdings in shares of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (NYSE:ELP - Free Report) by 56.2% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 172,936 shares of the utilities provider's stock after purchasing an additional 62,211 shares during the period. Vident Advisory LLC's holdings in Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL were worth $1,026,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its position in shares of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL by 100.8% during the 4th quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 131,900 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $782,000 after purchasing an additional 66,200 shares in the last quarter. Point72 Asset Management L.P. bought a new position in shares of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL during the 4th quarter valued at about $218,000. SPX Gestao de Recursos Ltda boosted its position in shares of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL by 8.8% during the 4th quarter. SPX Gestao de Recursos Ltda now owns 1,030,320 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $6,110,000 after purchasing an additional 83,758 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its position in shares of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL by 32.0% during the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 124,507 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $739,000 after purchasing an additional 30,180 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Van ECK Associates Corp boosted its position in shares of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL by 7.6% during the 4th quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 85,929 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $510,000 after purchasing an additional 6,036 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 3.80% of the company's stock.

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:ELP traded down $0.11 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $8.90. 85,848 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 247,407. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL has a 52 week low of $5.72 and a 52 week high of $9.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a quick ratio of 1.43 and a current ratio of 1.45. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $7.98 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $7.02. The company has a market cap of $4.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 52.32 and a beta of 0.79.

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (NYSE:ELP - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May 9th. The utilities provider reported $0.04 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.16 by ($0.12). Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL had a net margin of 14.20% and a return on equity of 11.88%. The business had revenue of $856.71 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.97 billion. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL will post 0.12 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL Profile

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL engages in the generation, transformation, distribution, and sale of electricity to industrial, residential, commercial, rural, and other customers in Brazil. The company operates through Power Generation and Transmission, Power Distribution, Power Sale, and Gas segments.