EBR vs. ET, VST, AEP, TRP, EXC, XEL, VG, CQP, FTS, and LNT
Should you be buying Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás include Energy Transfer (ET), Vistra (VST), American Electric Power (AEP), TC Energy (TRP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Venture Global (VG), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Fortis (FTS), and Alliant Energy (LNT). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás vs. Its Competitors
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (NYSE:EBR) and Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Energy Transfer had 18 more articles in the media than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Energy Transfer and 3 mentions for Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. Energy Transfer's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' score of 0.83 indicating that Energy Transfer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Energy Transfer has higher revenue and earnings than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energy Transfer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Energy Transfer received 248 more outperform votes than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.36% of users gave Energy Transfer an outperform vote while only 58.63% of users gave Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás an outperform vote.
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a net margin of 26.50% compared to Energy Transfer's net margin of 5.74%. Energy Transfer's return on equity of 11.56% beat Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' return on equity.
Energy Transfer has a consensus target price of $22.64, indicating a potential upside of 24.07%. Given Energy Transfer's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Energy Transfer is more favorable than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás.
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Transfer has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
2.6% of Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.2% of Energy Transfer shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Energy Transfer shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Energy Transfer pays an annual dividend of $1.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays out 36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Energy Transfer pays out 99.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Energy Transfer has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Energy Transfer is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Energy Transfer beats Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás on 18 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:EBR) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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