Archrock (AROC) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to EBR or AROC?

In the previous week, Archrock had 11 more articles in the media than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Archrock and 4 mentions for Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. Archrock's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' score of 0.89 indicating that Archrock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Archrock	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, EBR or AROC?

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
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	$40.18B	0.43	$977.82M	$0.82	9.38
Archrock	$1.16B	3.72	$105M	$1.04	23.63

Do analysts prefer EBR or AROC?

Archrock has a consensus price target of $26.67, indicating a potential upside of 8.49%. Given Archrock's higher probable upside, 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
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
Archrock	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, EBR or AROC?

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Archrock has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EBR or AROC?

Archrock received 223 more outperform votes than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.60% of users gave Archrock an outperform vote while only 58.70% of users gave Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	Outperform Votes 162 58.70%	Underperform Votes 114 41.30%
Archrock	Outperform Votes 385 62.60%	Underperform Votes 230 37.40%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in EBR or AROC?

2.6% of Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of Archrock shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Archrock shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is EBR or AROC a better dividend stock?

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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 out 40.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Archrock pays out 73.1% 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.

Is EBR or AROC 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
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	26.50%	9.00%	3.82%
Archrock	13.34%	16.24%	5.40%

Summary

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