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Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) (ELP) Competitors

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$8.40 -0.08 (-0.89%)
Closing price 07/25/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$8.61 +0.22 (+2.61%)
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ELP vs. KEP, LNT, EVRG, EBR, WES, TLN, SBS, DTM, WTRG, and OKLO

Should you be buying Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) include Korea Electric Power (KEP), Alliant Energy (LNT), Evergy (EVRG), Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras (EBR), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Talen Energy (TLN), Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp (SBS), DT Midstream (DTM), Essential Utilities (WTRG), and Oklo (OKLO). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) vs. Its Competitors

Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) (NYSE:ELP) and Korea Electric Power (NYSE:KEP) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Korea Electric Power has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

3.8% of Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Korea Electric Power shares are held by company 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.

Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Korea Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) pays out 229.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Korea Electric Power pays out 1.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

In the previous week, Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) had 1 more articles in the media than Korea Electric Power. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) and 2 mentions for Korea Electric Power. Korea Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL)'s score of 0.16 indicating that Korea Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL)
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Korea Electric Power
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Korea Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL). Korea Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL)$4.20B1.19$520.91M$0.1749.38
Korea Electric Power$68.46B0.26$2.44B$2.924.76

Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) has a net margin of 12.67% compared to Korea Electric Power's net margin of 5.53%. Korea Electric Power's return on equity of 13.16% beat Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL)'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL)12.67% 11.17% 4.96%
Korea Electric Power 5.53%13.16%2.18%

Summary

Korea Electric Power beats Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ELP 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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ELP vs. The Competition

MetricCompanhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL)UTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.04B$24.97B$16.14B$21.03B
Dividend Yield4.62%3.70%5.31%3.59%
P/E Ratio49.3834.8620.3628.45
Price / Sales1.194.23207.9371.66
Price / Cash7.218.9219.0922.92
Price / Book1.052.262.164.68
Net Income$520.91M$1.43B$751.46M$995.51M
7 Day Performance-0.53%1.95%0.90%1.65%
1 Month Performance-7.08%3.29%22.52%4.54%
1 Year Performance17.49%19.16%174.89%10.00%

Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ELP
Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL)
1.716 of 5 stars
$8.40
-0.9%
N/A+18.0%$5.00B$4.20B49.354,396
KEP
Korea Electric Power
2.6488 of 5 stars
$13.51
+3.5%
N/A+95.8%$16.76B$68.46B4.4748,440Positive News
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.1523 of 5 stars
$64.56
+0.7%
$64.23
-0.5%
+16.3%$16.47B$3.98B22.262,998Positive News
Dividend Announcement
EVRG
Evergy
3.4754 of 5 stars
$69.06
+0.2%
$74.06
+7.2%
+23.9%$15.85B$5.85B18.174,731Positive News
Analyst Revision
EBR
Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras
1.1378 of 5 stars
$7.02
+0.6%
N/A+3.7%$15.69B$7.45B9.237,710
WES
Western Midstream Partners
1.673 of 5 stars
$39.37
-2.7%
$39.83
+1.2%
+1.9%$15.43B$3.61B12.081,511Dividend Announcement
TLN
Talen Energy
1.5521 of 5 stars
$310.14
-5.6%
$289.92
-6.5%
N/A$14.96B$2.12B32.211,894News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SBS
Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp
1.8777 of 5 stars
$19.90
+0.8%
N/A+24.8%$13.50B$6.70B7.4310,552Positive News
DTM
DT Midstream
2.5887 of 5 stars
$99.96
-4.2%
$109.27
+9.3%
+34.7%$10.60B$981M27.24360News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.8384 of 5 stars
$37.43
+0.1%
$43.50
+16.2%
-8.8%$10.48B$2.09B16.783,291News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
OKLO
Oklo
1.9335 of 5 stars
$62.59
-9.3%
$60.25
-3.7%
+796.2%$9.62BN/A-11.5778Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down

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