ELP vs. POR, ENIC, AQN, IDA, BKH, OTTR, PNM, PAM, TAC, and OGE
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 Portland General Electric (POR), Enel Chile (ENIC), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), IDACORP (IDA), Black Hills (BKH), Otter Tail (OTTR), PNM Resources (PNM), Pampa Energía (PAM), TransAlta (TAC), and OGE Energy (OGE). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (NYSE:ELP) and Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking and valuation.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL has a net margin of 10.55% compared to Portland General Electric's net margin of 7.80%. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's return on equity of 9.36% beat Portland General Electric's return on equity.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Portland General Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Portland General Electric pays out 81.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Portland General Electric has a consensus price target of $45.13, indicating a potential upside of 8.11%. Given Portland General Electric's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Portland General Electric is more favorable than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL.
In the previous week, Portland General Electric had 6 more articles in the media than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Portland General Electric and 2 mentions for Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL. Portland General Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's score of -0.07 indicating that Portland General Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
3.8% of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Portland General Electric shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Portland General Electric received 135 more outperform votes than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.76% of users gave Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL an outperform vote while only 46.29% of users gave Portland General Electric an outperform vote.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Portland General Electric has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL has higher revenue and earnings than Portland General Electric.
Summary
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL beats Portland General Electric on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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