Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras (EBR) Competitors $7.09 -0.07 (-0.98%) Closing price 07/11/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$7.09 0.00 (0.00%) As of 07/11/2025 05:23 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock EBR vs. VST, ET, AEP, TRP, EXC, XEL, VG, CQP, FTS, and KEPShould you be buying Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras include Vistra (VST), Energy Transfer (ET), American Electric Power (AEP), TC Energy (TRP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Venture Global (VG), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Fortis (FTS), and Korea Electric Power (KEP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry. Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras vs. Its Competitors Vistra Energy Transfer American Electric Power TC Energy Exelon Xcel Energy Venture Global Cheniere Energy Partners Fortis Korea Electric Power Vistra (NYSE:VST) and Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras (NYSE:EBR) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends. Do analysts prefer VST or EBR? Vistra presently has a consensus target price of $176.92, indicating a potential downside of 9.95%. Given Vistra's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Vistra is more favorable than Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Vistra 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 10 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.86Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 4.00 Do insiders & institutionals believe in VST or EBR? 90.9% of Vistra shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.6% of Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Vistra shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more risk and volatility, VST or EBR? Vistra has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has better valuation & earnings, VST or EBR? Vistra has higher revenue and earnings than Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras. Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vistra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioVistra$17.22B3.87$2.66B$6.3630.89Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras$7.45B2.14$1.92B$0.769.33 Is VST or EBR more profitable? Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras has a net margin of 23.69% compared to Vistra's net margin of 13.40%. Vistra's return on equity of 87.33% beat Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Vistra13.40% 87.33% 7.58% Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras 23.69%8.14%3.46% Is VST or EBR a better dividend stock? Vistra pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Vistra pays out 14.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras 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. Vistra has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Does the media favor VST or EBR? In the previous week, Vistra had 40 more articles in the media than Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Vistra and 0 mentions for Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras. Vistra's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras' score of 0.00 indicating that Vistra is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Vistra Positive Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras Neutral SummaryVistra beats Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for EBR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EBR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart EBR vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricCentrais El�tricas BrasileirasUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$16.11B$24.49B$15.86B$20.74BDividend Yield3.91%3.74%5.61%3.71%P/E Ratio9.3334.3720.0827.84Price / Sales2.144.0829.6242.35Price / Cash6.808.8619.0922.63Price / Book0.712.222.154.57Net Income$1.92B$1.43B$751.09M$989.30M7 Day Performance-6.46%-1.28%-0.60%0.20%1 Month Performance-4.96%0.41%1.47%3.95%1 Year Performance-1.80%16.25%13.07%10.27% Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)EBRCentrais El�tricas Brasileiras1.1907 of 5 stars$7.09-1.0%N/A-0.1%$16.11B$7.45B9.337,710VSTVistra3.4066 of 5 stars$193.73+0.8%$176.92-8.7%+114.5%$65.74B$17.22B30.466,850Positive NewsETEnergy Transfer4.8998 of 5 stars$17.75-1.2%$22.58+27.2%+7.1%$60.91B$82.67B13.4516,248Positive NewsAEPAmerican Electric Power4.3991 of 5 stars$104.17+0.3%$108.31+4.0%+16.0%$55.65B$19.72B20.0716,330Positive NewsTRPTC Energy3.8947 of 5 stars$47.39-1.6%$62.00+30.8%+21.8%$49.28B$10.05B15.646,668News CoveragePositive NewsOptions VolumeEXCExelon4.5245 of 5 stars$43.17+0.1%$47.40+9.8%+23.2%$43.58B$23.03B16.0520,014Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastXELXcel Energy4.5893 of 5 stars$67.88-0.5%$75.80+11.7%+26.9%$39.15B$13.70B19.9611,380Positive NewsVGVenture Global3.5637 of 5 stars$15.10-3.0%$16.77+11.1%N/A$36.54B$4.97B0.001,500Gap UpCQPCheniere Energy Partners2.0297 of 5 stars$55.39-1.3%$55.80+0.7%N/A$26.81B$8.70B13.311,714News CoveragePositive NewsFTSFortis4.2864 of 5 stars$46.85-1.2%$72.00+53.7%+18.2%$23.50B$8.40B19.779,848KEPKorea Electric Power2.0151 of 5 stars$13.46+0.7%N/A+83.8%$17.28B$68.46B4.6148,440 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Vistra Alternatives Energy Transfer Alternatives American Electric Power Alternatives TC Energy Alternatives Exelon Alternatives Xcel Energy Alternatives Venture Global Alternatives Cheniere Energy Partners Alternatives Fortis Alternatives Korea Electric Power Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:EBR) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersI was wrong about TrumpI made a mistake. 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