Archrock (AROC) Competitors

Archrock (NYSE:AROC) and Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (NYSE:EBR) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Does the media favor AROC or EBR?

In the previous week, Archrock had 1 more articles in the media than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Archrock and 1 mentions for Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. Archrock's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' score of 1.54 indicating that Archrock is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Archrock	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate AROC or EBR?

Archrock currently has a consensus price target of $26.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.14%. Given Archrock's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Archrock is more favorable than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Archrock	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Which has more risk & volatility, AROC or EBR?

Archrock has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AROC or EBR more profitable?

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a net margin of 26.50% compared to Archrock's net margin of 13.34%. Archrock's return on equity of 16.24% beat Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Archrock	13.34%	16.24%	5.40%
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	26.50%	9.00%	3.82%

Is AROC or EBR a better dividend stock?

Archrock pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Archrock pays out 64.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays out 36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Archrock has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better earnings & valuation, AROC or EBR?

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has higher revenue and earnings than Archrock. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Archrock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Archrock	$1.24B	3.56	$105M	$1.18	21.09
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	$41.88B	0.40	$977.82M	$0.76	9.82

Do institutionals & insiders believe in AROC or EBR?

95.4% of Archrock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.6% of Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Archrock shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AROC or EBR?

Archrock received 222 more outperform votes than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.50% of users gave Archrock an outperform vote while only 58.63% of users gave Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Archrock	Outperform Votes 385 62.50%	Underperform Votes 231 37.50%
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	Outperform Votes 163 58.63%	Underperform Votes 115 41.37%

Summary

Archrock beats Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.