Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELPC) Competitors $8.02 -0.11 (-1.29%) Closing price 03:57 PM EasternExtended Trading$8.00 -0.01 (-0.17%) As of 04:56 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock ELPC vs. CQP, VG, FTS, EBR, LNT, EVRG, WES, SBS, KEP, and TLNShould you be buying Companhia Paranaense de Energia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Companhia Paranaense de Energia include Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Venture Global (VG), Fortis (FTS), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Alliant Energy (LNT), Evergy (EVRG), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS), Korea Electric Power (KEP), and Talen Energy (TLN). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry. Companhia Paranaense de Energia vs. Cheniere Energy Partners Venture Global Fortis Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás Alliant Energy Evergy Western Midstream Partners Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP Korea Electric Power Talen Energy Companhia Paranaense de Energia (NYSE:ELPC) and Cheniere Energy Partners (NYSE:CQP) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability. Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ELPC or CQP? Cheniere Energy Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Companhia Paranaense de Energia. Companhia Paranaense de Energia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cheniere Energy Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCompanhia Paranaense de Energia$23.13B0.37$749.00M$0.7011.45Cheniere Energy Partners$9.40B2.95$4.25B$4.1613.75 Do insiders and institutionals believe in ELPC or CQP? 46.5% of Cheniere Energy Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Do analysts rate ELPC or CQP? Cheniere Energy Partners has a consensus target price of $53.60, indicating a potential downside of 6.33%. Given Cheniere Energy Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cheniere Energy Partners is more favorable than Companhia Paranaense de Energia.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Companhia Paranaense de Energia 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Cheniere Energy Partners 5 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.00 Is ELPC or CQP more profitable? Cheniere Energy Partners has a net margin of 28.84% compared to Companhia Paranaense de Energia's net margin of 0.00%. Companhia Paranaense de Energia's return on equity of 0.00% beat Cheniere Energy Partners' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Companhia Paranaense de EnergiaN/A N/A N/A Cheniere Energy Partners 28.84%-325.95%13.71% Is ELPC or CQP a better dividend stock? Companhia Paranaense de Energia pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Cheniere Energy Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Companhia Paranaense de Energia pays out 32.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cheniere Energy Partners pays out 74.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Does the media favor ELPC or CQP? In the previous week, Companhia Paranaense de Energia had 2 more articles in the media than Cheniere Energy Partners. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Companhia Paranaense de Energia and 3 mentions for Cheniere Energy Partners. Cheniere Energy Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Companhia Paranaense de Energia's score of 0.46 indicating that Cheniere Energy Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Companhia Paranaense de Energia 0 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Cheniere Energy Partners 1 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ELPC or CQP? Companhia Paranaense de Energia and Cheniere Energy Partners both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCompanhia Paranaense de EnergiaN/AN/ACheniere Energy PartnersOutperform VotesNo VotesUnderperform Votes5100.00% Which has more volatility and risk, ELPC or CQP? Companhia Paranaense de Energia has a beta of -0.43, indicating that its share price is 143% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheniere Energy Partners has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryCheniere Energy Partners beats Companhia Paranaense de Energia on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Companhia Paranaense de Energia News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ELPC 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 {thisCompany.Symbol} 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 ELPC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricCompanhia Paranaense de EnergiaElectric Services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$8.58B$14.88B$16.38B$19.37BDividend Yield2.85%5.02%5.73%3.84%P/E Ratio11.4519.8320.3734.23Price / Sales0.3715.9422.4434.85Price / CashN/A10.0718.6817.51Price / BookN/A2.362.114.69Net Income$749.00M$690.28M$674.16M$1.02B7 Day Performance-1.54%0.85%2.43%-1.34%1 Month Performance19.27%13.57%3.93%9.79%1 Year Performance18.04%39.84%6.78%3.27% Companhia Paranaense de Energia Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ELPCCompanhia Paranaense de EnergiaN/A$8.02-1.3%N/A+21.3%$8.58B$23.13B11.456,320Positive NewsGap DownCQPCheniere Energy Partners1.5647 of 5 stars$58.55-0.3%$53.60-8.5%N/A$28.34B$9.40B13.741,550Positive NewsAnalyst RevisionVGVenture Global4.5165 of 5 stars$10.38+2.7%$15.63+50.5%N/A$25.11B$6.45B0.001,400Gap UpFTSFortis4.327 of 5 stars$47.94+0.7%$72.00+50.2%+17.0%$24.05B$11.73B20.319,200Positive NewsEBRCentrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás2.1186 of 5 stars$7.38-1.3%N/A+1.1%$16.56B$40.18B9.7012,100News CoverageEarnings ReportLNTAlliant Energy4.2226 of 5 stars$63.93+1.3%$63.95+0.0%+22.0%$16.39B$4.08B23.723,130News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst UpgradeEVRGEvergy3.5595 of 5 stars$67.68+0.8%$72.44+7.0%+22.5%$15.57B$5.89B18.294,510Positive NewsWESWestern Midstream Partners1.6639 of 5 stars$39.28+0.1%$38.33-2.4%+1.5%$14.99B$3.63B10.031,220Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionSBSCompanhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP1.782 of 5 stars$20.82+0.7%N/A+38.2%$14.22B$36.15B8.1912,500Positive NewsAnalyst DowngradeKEPKorea Electric Power1.3747 of 5 stars$10.49+0.9%N/A+41.3%$13.44B$93.51T4.8448,800News CoverageAnalyst UpgradeTLNTalen Energy1.3983 of 5 stars$242.43+0.9%$240.18-0.9%+124.2%$10.99B$2.09B12.934,981Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies CQP Alternatives VG Alternatives FTS Alternatives EBR Alternatives LNT Alternatives EVRG Alternatives WES Alternatives SBS Alternatives KEP Alternatives TLN 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:ELPC) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredGold Hits New Highs as Global Markets SpiralWhen Trump took office in 2017, gold was just $1,100 an ounce. 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