EDN vs. KEN, HE, TAC, PAM, SHEN, UTL, MSEX, IDT, CLNE, and YORW
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 Kenon (KEN), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), TransAlta (TAC), Pampa Energía (PAM), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Unitil (UTL), Middlesex Water (MSEX), IDT (IDT), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), and York Water (YORW). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:EDN) and Kenon (NYSE:KEN) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima has higher revenue and earnings than Kenon. Kenon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima received 151 more outperform votes than Kenon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.35% of users gave Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote while only 59.39% of users gave Kenon an outperform vote.
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima has a net margin of 8.22% compared to Kenon's net margin of -34.10%. Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima's return on equity of 15.78% beat Kenon's return on equity.
In the previous week, Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima had 2 more articles in the media than Kenon. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima and 2 mentions for Kenon. Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Kenon's score of -0.49 indicating that Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kenon has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
1.6% of Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of Kenon shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Kenon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima beats Kenon on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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