Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL - ELP Stock Forecast, Price & News

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's stock was trading at $7.19 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, ELP stock has increased by 4.2% and is now trading at $7.49.
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Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL saw a decrease in short interest in December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,250,000 shares, a decrease of 21.4% from the December 15th total of 1,590,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 748,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.7 days. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, March 22nd 2023.
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Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (NYSE:ELP) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March, 28th. The utilities provider reported ($0.09) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.53 by $0.62. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.04 billion for the quarter. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.93% and a net margin of 10.78%.

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL declared a dividend on Thursday, April 14th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, May 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.537 per share on Tuesday, May 3rd. The ex-dividend date is Monday, May 2nd. This is a boost from the stock's previous dividend of $0.07.
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Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (NYSE:ELP) pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 8.07%. ELP has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 184.38%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, ELP will have a dividend payout ratio of 88.06% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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1 employees have rated Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL Chief Executive Officer Raul Munhoz Neto on Glassdoor.com. Raul Munhoz Neto has an approval rating of -100% among the company's employees. This puts Raul Munhoz Neto in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ELP."

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Trium Capital LLP (0.04%), Jenkins Wealth (0.02%), AE Wealth Management LLC (0.01%), National Bank of Canada FI (0.01%), Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. (0.00%) and Ronald Blue Trust Inc. (0.00%).

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One share of ELP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $7.49.

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (NYSE:ELP) has a market capitalization of $4.10 billion and generates $8.89 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $917.71 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.32 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 6,383 workers across the globe.

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's mailing address is RUA CORONEL DULCIDIO 800, CURITIBA D5, 80420. The official website for the company is www.copel.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 554132222027, via email at ri@copel.com, or via fax at 55-41-3331-4145.