Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) (ELP) Competitors $8.40 -0.08 (-0.89%) Closing price 07/25/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$8.61 +0.22 (+2.61%) As of 07/25/2025 04:45 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock ELP vs. KEP, LNT, EVRG, EBR, WES, TLN, SBS, DTM, WTRG, and OKLOShould 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 Korea Electric Power Alliant Energy Evergy Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras Western Midstream Partners Talen Energy Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp DT Midstream Essential Utilities Oklo 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. Which has more risk & volatility, ELP or KEP? 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. Do insiders and institutionals believe in ELP or KEP? 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. Is ELP or KEP a better dividend stock? 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. Does the media refer more to ELP or KEP? 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 Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ELP or KEP? 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 RatioCompanhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL)$4.20B1.19$520.91M$0.1749.38Korea Electric Power$68.46B0.26$2.44B$2.924.76 Is ELP or KEP more profitable? 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% SummaryKorea Electric Power beats Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ELP and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?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. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart ELP vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricCompanhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL)UTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$5.04B$24.97B$16.14B$21.03BDividend Yield4.62%3.70%5.31%3.59%P/E Ratio49.3834.8620.3628.45Price / Sales1.194.23207.9371.66Price / Cash7.218.9219.0922.92Price / Book1.052.262.164.68Net Income$520.91M$1.43B$751.46M$995.51M7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ELPCompanhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL)1.716 of 5 stars$8.40-0.9%N/A+18.0%$5.00B$4.20B49.354,396KEPKorea Electric Power2.6488 of 5 stars$13.51+3.5%N/A+95.8%$16.76B$68.46B4.4748,440Positive NewsLNTAlliant Energy4.1523 of 5 stars$64.56+0.7%$64.23-0.5%+16.3%$16.47B$3.98B22.262,998Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementEVRGEvergy3.4754 of 5 stars$69.06+0.2%$74.06+7.2%+23.9%$15.85B$5.85B18.174,731Positive NewsAnalyst RevisionEBRCentrais El�tricas Brasileiras1.1378 of 5 stars$7.02+0.6%N/A+3.7%$15.69B$7.45B9.237,710WESWestern Midstream Partners1.673 of 5 stars$39.37-2.7%$39.83+1.2%+1.9%$15.43B$3.61B12.081,511Dividend AnnouncementTLNTalen Energy1.5521 of 5 stars$310.14-5.6%$289.92-6.5%N/A$14.96B$2.12B32.211,894News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionSBSCompanhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp1.8777 of 5 stars$19.90+0.8%N/A+24.8%$13.50B$6.70B7.4310,552Positive NewsDTMDT Midstream2.5887 of 5 stars$99.96-4.2%$109.27+9.3%+34.7%$10.60B$981M27.24360News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming EarningsWTRGEssential Utilities4.8384 of 5 stars$37.43+0.1%$43.50+16.2%-8.8%$10.48B$2.09B16.783,291News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst UpgradeOKLOOklo1.9335 of 5 stars$62.59-9.3%$60.25-3.7%+796.2%$9.62BN/A-11.5778Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastGap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Korea Electric Power Alternatives Alliant Energy Alternatives Evergy Alternatives Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras Alternatives Western Midstream Partners Alternatives Talen Energy Alternatives Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp Alternatives DT Midstream Alternatives Essential Utilities Alternatives Oklo Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:ELP) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhy AMZN, GOOG, MSFT might destroy NVDAInvesting Legend Hints the End May be Near for These 3 Iconic Stocks Futurist Eric Fry say Amazon, Tesla an...InvestorPlace | SponsoredCritical AI announcement set to ignite AI 2.0 I just put together an urgent new presentation that you need to see right away. 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