CEPU vs. SUPV, SR, OGS, TAC, AQN, UGP, AROC, NWE, TGS, and EE
Should you be buying Central Puerto stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Central Puerto include Grupo Supervielle (SUPV), Spire (SR), ONE Gas (OGS), TransAlta (TAC), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Ultrapar Participacoes (UGP), Archrock (AROC), NorthWestern (NWE), Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B (TGS), and Excelerate Energy (EE).
Central Puerto vs. Its Competitors
Central Puerto (NYSE:CEPU) and Grupo Supervielle (NYSE:SUPV) are related small-cap companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
3.0% of Central Puerto shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Central Puerto shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Central Puerto pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Grupo Supervielle pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Central Puerto pays out 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Grupo Supervielle pays out 27.3% 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.
Grupo Supervielle has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 167.09%. Given Grupo Supervielle's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Grupo Supervielle is more favorable than Central Puerto.
Grupo Supervielle has higher revenue and earnings than Central Puerto. Grupo Supervielle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Central Puerto, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Central Puerto has a net margin of 21.30% compared to Grupo Supervielle's net margin of 4.08%. Central Puerto's return on equity of 11.81% beat Grupo Supervielle's return on equity.
Central Puerto has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grupo Supervielle has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Central Puerto had 2 more articles in the media than Grupo Supervielle. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Central Puerto and 4 mentions for Grupo Supervielle. Grupo Supervielle's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Central Puerto's score of 0.26 indicating that Grupo Supervielle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Central Puerto beats Grupo Supervielle on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CEPU) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff