CEPU vs. ENLT, RNW, AY, AMPS, ALCC, NEP, ORA, BEPC, CWEN, and SHLS
Should you be buying Central Puerto stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Central Puerto include Enlight Renewable Energy (ENLT), ReNew Energy Global (RNW), Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure (AY), Altus Power (AMPS), AltC Acquisition (ALCC), NextEra Energy Partners (NEP), Ormat Technologies (ORA), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Clearway Energy (CWEN), and Shoals Technologies Group (SHLS). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Enlight Renewable Energy (NASDAQ:ENLT) and Central Puerto (NYSE:CEPU) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Central Puerto has a net margin of 50.95% compared to Central Puerto's net margin of 27.74%. Enlight Renewable Energy's return on equity of 25.37% beat Central Puerto's return on equity.
In the previous week, Central Puerto had 4 more articles in the media than Enlight Renewable Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Central Puerto and 1 mentions for Enlight Renewable Energy. Central Puerto's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Enlight Renewable Energy's score of 0.37 indicating that Enlight Renewable Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Central Puerto has higher revenue and earnings than Enlight Renewable Energy. Central Puerto is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enlight Renewable Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enlight Renewable Energy has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Puerto has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
38.9% of Enlight Renewable Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of Central Puerto shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Central Puerto shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Enlight Renewable Energy presently has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.14%. Central Puerto has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential downside of 18.70%. Given Central Puerto's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Enlight Renewable Energy is more favorable than Central Puerto.
Central Puerto received 110 more outperform votes than Enlight Renewable Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.92% of users gave Enlight Renewable Energy an outperform vote while only 56.60% of users gave Central Puerto an outperform vote.
Summary
Enlight Renewable Energy and Central Puerto tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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