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NYSE:EDN

Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima - EDN Competitors

$7.51
-0.34 (-4.33%)
(As of 03/24/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$7.49
$7.78
50-Day Range
$6.70
$9.86
52-Week Range
$3.88
$10.51
Volume
6,526 shs
Average Volume
39,800 shs
Market Capitalization
N/A
P/E Ratio
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Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
N/A

EDN vs. GWRS, GNE, CNSL, PCYO, CWCO, ARTNA, BROG, YORW, UTL, and IDT

Should you be buying Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima include Global Water Resources (GWRS), Genie Energy (GNE), Consolidated Communications (CNSL), Pure Cycle (PCYO), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Brooge Energy (BROG), York Water (YORW), Unitil (UTL), and IDT (IDT). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima vs.

Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:EDN) and Global Water Resources (NASDAQ:GWRS) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and dividends.

Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Water Resources has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Global Water Resources received 44 more outperform votes than Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.13% of users gave Global Water Resources an outperform vote while only 65.68% of users gave Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad AnónimaOutperform Votes
243
65.68%
Underperform Votes
127
34.32%
Global Water ResourcesOutperform Votes
287
66.13%
Underperform Votes
147
33.87%

Global Water Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima. Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Water Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima$1.58 billionN/A-$274.11 million-$2.79-2.69
Global Water Resources$44.73 million6.57$5.51 million$0.2451.33

In the previous week, Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima and Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima both had 2 articles in the media. Global Water Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima's score of 0.00 indicating that Global Water Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Global Water Resources
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Global Water Resources has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.99%. Given Global Water Resources' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Global Water Resources is more favorable than Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Global Water Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

29.3% of Global Water Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 45.1% of Global Water Resources shares are held by 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.

Global Water Resources has a net margin of 12.31% compared to Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima's net margin of -8.21%. Global Water Resources' return on equity of 14.79% beat Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima -8.21% -14.87% -4.07%
Global Water Resources 12.31% 14.79% 1.76%

Summary

Global Water Resources beats Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EDN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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EDN vs. The Competition

MetricEmpresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad AnónimaElectric services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$12.16B$13.34B$14.06B
Dividend YieldN/A4.13%3.77%3.91%
P/E Ratio-2.6917.68102.8518.96
Price / SalesN/A11.621,135.8810.42
Price / CashN/A8.0825.0224.24
Price / Book0.421.351.826.79
Net Income-$274.11M$261.16M$334.36M$870.17M
7 Day Performance7.44%0.32%0.64%0.73%
1 Month Performance-18.46%-1.89%-2.58%-7.18%
1 Year Performance14.48%-6.05%-7.69%-15.32%

Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GWRS
Global Water Resources
3.178 of 5 stars
$12.36
-3.0%
$17.00
+37.5%
-24.4%$295.03M$44.73M51.5086Positive News
GNE
Genie Energy
1.8947 of 5 stars
$10.76
-0.6%
N/A+72.6%$278.54M$315.54M3.28186Analyst Downgrade
CNSL
Consolidated Communications
2.1788 of 5 stars
$2.31
-3.8%
$4.67
+102.0%
-62.6%$264.91M$1.19B2.823,200
PCYO
Pure Cycle
0 of 5 stars
$9.06
-0.4%
N/A-24.4%$217.35M$23M26.6531News Coverage
CWCO
Consolidated Water
2.6919 of 5 stars
$14.17
-1.0%
$20.00
+41.1%
+40.2%$216.60M$82.32M0.00197News Coverage
Positive News
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
2.0509 of 5 stars
$52.01
-0.7%
N/A+13.9%$494.10M$98.90M27.52245News Coverage
Positive News
BROG
Brooge Energy
0 of 5 stars
$5.60
flat
N/A-30.9%$613.70MN/A0.0020Positive News
YORW
York Water
2.6528 of 5 stars
$43.10
-2.4%
N/A+0.2%$615.77M$60.06M30.79110News Coverage
Positive News
UTL
Unitil
1.8529 of 5 stars
$53.86
-2.5%
$53.00
-1.6%
+12.6%$866.23M$563.20M20.80508
IDT
IDT
0 of 5 stars
$32.86
-3.9%
N/A-9.1%$872.77M$1.29B17.861,690
This page (NYSE:EDN) was last updated on 3/25/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff