HashiCorp (HCP) Competitors

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (NYSE:ELP) and HashiCorp (NASDAQ:HCP) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

Which has better earnings and valuation, ELP or HCP?

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL has higher revenue and earnings than HashiCorp.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL	$4.30B	0.90	$452.44M	N/A	N/A
HashiCorp	$583.14M	10.75	-$190.67M	-$0.98	-32.05

Do analysts rate ELP or HCP?

HashiCorp has a consensus target price of $29.08, suggesting a potential downside of 7.43%. Given Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HashiCorp is more favorable than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
HashiCorp	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Is ELP or HCP more profitable?

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL has a net margin of 10.55% compared to Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's net margin of -32.70%. HashiCorp's return on equity of 9.36% beat Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL	10.55%	9.36%	3.92%
HashiCorp	-32.70%	-15.58%	-11.55%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ELP or HCP?

HashiCorp received 352 more outperform votes than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.76% of users gave Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL an outperform vote while only 52.93% of users gave HashiCorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL	Outperform Votes 227 66.76%	Underperform Votes 113 33.24%
HashiCorp	Outperform Votes 579 52.93%	Underperform Votes 515 47.07%

Which has more volatility and risk, ELP or HCP?

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HashiCorp has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ELP or HCP?

3.8% of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of HashiCorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.1% of HashiCorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer ELP or HCP?

In the previous week, HashiCorp had 46 more articles in the media than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for HashiCorp and 1 mentions for Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat HashiCorp's score of -0.16 indicating that HashiCorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
HashiCorp	18 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

HashiCorp beats Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.