EBR vs. CNP, NRG, FTS, AGR, PPL, ES, FE, DTE, ETR, and VST
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 CenterPoint Energy (CNP), NRG Energy (NRG), Fortis (FTS), Avangrid (AGR), PPL (PPL), Eversource Energy (ES), FirstEnergy (FE), DTE Energy (DTE), Entergy (ETR), and Vistra (VST). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) and Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (NYSE:EBR) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
CenterPoint Energy has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CenterPoint Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás.
In the previous week, CenterPoint Energy had 9 more articles in the media than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for CenterPoint Energy and 1 mentions for Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. CenterPoint Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' score of 0.99 indicating that Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CenterPoint Energy received 292 more outperform votes than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.02% of users gave Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás an outperform vote while only 56.27% of users gave CenterPoint Energy an outperform vote.
91.8% of CenterPoint Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.5% of Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of CenterPoint Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a net margin of 12.44% compared to Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' net margin of 10.55%. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' return on equity of 10.44% beat CenterPoint Energy's return on equity.
CenterPoint Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. CenterPoint Energy pays out 58.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CenterPoint Energy has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. CenterPoint Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
CenterPoint Energy presently has a consensus price target of $30.18, suggesting a potential upside of 3.65%. Given Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe CenterPoint Energy is more favorable than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás.
Summary
CenterPoint Energy beats Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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