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Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) (ELP) Competitors

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$9.12 +0.28 (+3.11%)
Closing price 07/3/2025 03:32 PM Eastern
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$9.19 +0.06 (+0.71%)
As of 07/3/2025 04:01 PM Eastern
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ELP vs. EBR, LNT, EVRG, WES, SBS, KEP, TLN, DTM, WTRG, and ELPC

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 Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras (EBR), Alliant Energy (LNT), Evergy (EVRG), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp (SBS), Korea Electric Power (KEP), Talen Energy (TLN), DT Midstream (DTM), Essential Utilities (WTRG), and Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel (ELPC). 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 Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras (NYSE:EBR) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL)
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00

In the previous week, Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) had 4 more articles in the media than Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) and 0 mentions for Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras. Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL)'s average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras' score of 0.00 indicating that Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras has a net margin of 23.69% compared to Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL)'s net margin of 12.67%. Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL)'s return on equity of 11.17% beat Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL)12.67% 11.17% 4.96%
Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras 23.69%8.14%3.46%

Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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. Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras pays out 36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL). Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras 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)$23.13B0.23$520.91M$0.1753.68
Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras$7.45B2.29$1.92B$0.769.97

Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

3.8% of Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.6% of Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) beats Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$5.43B$24.68B$16.56B$20.71B
Dividend Yield4.29%3.71%5.58%3.71%
P/E Ratio53.6835.6120.4528.10
Price / Sales0.233.9627.7538.31
Price / Cash7.768.9219.1422.53
Price / Book1.142.232.164.58
Net Income$520.91M$1.41B$751.09M$985.54M
7 Day Performance2.59%1.89%1.18%2.79%
1 Month Performance2.47%3.17%3.03%4.37%
1 Year Performance28.70%23.81%16.55%15.08%

Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ELP
Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL)
1.1256 of 5 stars
$9.13
+3.1%
N/A+28.6%$5.43B$23.13B53.684,396
EBR
Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras
1.4055 of 5 stars
$7.27
+0.6%
N/A+8.8%$16.22B$7.45B9.567,710
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.2752 of 5 stars
$61.34
+1.3%
$63.95
+4.3%
+19.6%$15.55B$4.08B21.152,998News Coverage
Positive News
EVRG
Evergy
4.1677 of 5 stars
$68.47
+1.9%
$73.19
+6.9%
+32.8%$15.46B$5.85B18.024,731
WES
Western Midstream Partners
2.0654 of 5 stars
$38.68
+0.3%
$39.83
+3.0%
-5.7%$14.70B$3.61B11.551,511Positive News
SBS
Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp
1.7752 of 5 stars
$20.61
-0.7%
N/A+45.1%$14.19B$6.70B7.6910,552News Coverage
Positive News
KEP
Korea Electric Power
1.5474 of 5 stars
$10.36
-3.4%
N/A+84.4%$13.76B$68.46B5.1848,440High Trading Volume
TLN
Talen Energy
0.7143 of 5 stars
$291.59
+1.0%
$246.33
-15.5%
+145.8%$13.14B$2.12B30.281,894Positive News
DTM
DT Midstream
3.0557 of 5 stars
$106.39
+0.1%
$109.27
+2.7%
+52.0%$10.80B$981M28.99360News Coverage
Positive News
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.8472 of 5 stars
$38.03
+1.8%
$43.50
+14.4%
-1.8%$10.47B$2.09B17.053,291News Coverage
Positive News
ELPC
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel
N/A$8.43
+0.3%
N/A+34.7%$8.99B$4.20B12.046,320News Coverage

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