Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELPC) Competitors $7.04 -0.35 (-4.67%) As of 12:44 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock ELPC vs. CQP, FTS, VG, EBR, EVRG, LNT, WES, SBS, WTRG, and KEPShould 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), Fortis (FTS), Venture Global (VG), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Evergy (EVRG), Alliant Energy (LNT), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS), Essential Utilities (WTRG), and Korea Electric Power (KEP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry. Companhia Paranaense de Energia vs. Cheniere Energy Partners Fortis Venture Global Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás Evergy Alliant Energy Western Midstream Partners Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP Essential Utilities Korea Electric Power Cheniere Energy Partners (NYSE:CQP) and Companhia Paranaense de Energia (NYSE:ELPC) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership. Which has better earnings & valuation, CQP or ELPC? Cheniere Energy Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 RatioCheniere Energy Partners$8.70B3.26$4.25B$4.2613.77Companhia Paranaense de Energia$22.65B0.35$749.00M$0.7010.49 Is CQP or ELPC a better dividend stock? Cheniere Energy Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Companhia Paranaense de Energia pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Cheniere Energy Partners pays out 72.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Companhia Paranaense de Energia pays out 32.9% 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. Which has more volatility and risk, CQP or ELPC? Cheniere Energy Partners has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia Paranaense de Energia has a beta of -0.31, suggesting that its share price is 131% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CQP or ELPC? 46.5% of Cheniere Energy Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media refer more to CQP or ELPC? In the previous week, Cheniere Energy Partners had 9 more articles in the media than Companhia Paranaense de Energia. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Cheniere Energy Partners and 4 mentions for Companhia Paranaense de Energia. Cheniere Energy Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Companhia Paranaense de Energia's score of 0.67 indicating that Cheniere Energy Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Cheniere Energy Partners 1 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Companhia Paranaense de Energia 0 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is CQP or ELPC 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 Cheniere Energy Partners28.84% -325.95% 13.71% Companhia Paranaense de Energia N/A N/A N/A Do analysts recommend CQP or ELPC? Cheniere Energy Partners presently has a consensus target price of $53.60, indicating a potential downside of 8.63%. Given Cheniere Energy Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cheniere Energy Partners is more favorable than Companhia Paranaense de Energia.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Cheniere Energy Partners 5 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.00Companhia Paranaense de Energia 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CQP or ELPC? Cheniere Energy Partners and Companhia Paranaense de Energia both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCheniere Energy PartnersOutperform VotesNo VotesUnderperform Votes5100.00% Companhia Paranaense de EnergiaN/AN/A SummaryCheniere Energy Partners beats Companhia Paranaense de Energia on 13 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$7.85B$14.14B$15.96B$18.96BDividend Yield2.20%4.77%5.66%4.03%P/E Ratio10.4919.2315.6432.71Price / Sales0.3516.7222.0827.84Price / CashN/A10.0718.5317.53Price / BookN/A2.162.034.47Net Income$749.00M$690.28M$667.57M$1.02B7 Day Performance-0.41%0.03%0.64%0.50%1 Month Performance10.04%1.69%1.71%-2.83%1 Year Performance17.63%442.58%10.82%4.36% Companhia Paranaense de Energia Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ELPCCompanhia Paranaense de EnergiaN/A$7.05-4.7%N/A+16.5%$7.54B$22.65B10.066,320Upcoming EarningsEx-DividendNews CoverageCQPCheniere Energy Partners1.763 of 5 stars$58.38-4.1%$51.50-11.8%N/A$28.26B$8.70B13.701,550Dividend IncreaseAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoveragePositive NewsFTSFortis1.8814 of 5 stars$48.11-0.1%N/A+26.0%$24.13B$11.51B20.399,200Short Interest ↑VGVenture Global4.3517 of 5 stars$8.62flat$17.25+100.1%N/A$20.86B$4.97B0.001,400Analyst ForecastGap DownEBRCentrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás2.9579 of 5 stars$7.25+0.3%N/A+5.0%$16.24B$40.18B8.8412,100Upcoming EarningsNews CoverageEVRGEvergy2.6062 of 5 stars$66.95-2.1%$69.08+3.2%+31.7%$15.40B$5.85B18.094,510Upcoming EarningsAnalyst UpgradeAnalyst RevisionLNTAlliant Energy3.3492 of 5 stars$59.29-2.5%$63.75+7.5%+22.6%$15.23B$3.98B22.043,130Upcoming EarningsNews CoveragePositive NewsWESWestern Midstream Partners1.7243 of 5 stars$36.87-3.3%$38.43+4.2%+10.2%$14.06B$3.61B9.411,220Upcoming EarningsAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageSBSCompanhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP2.2125 of 5 stars$18.71-0.1%N/A+29.9%$12.79B$26.17B7.3712,500News CoveragePositive NewsWTRGEssential Utilities4.4802 of 5 stars$40.21-0.8%$43.50+8.2%+12.3%$11.08B$2.09B20.113,210KEPKorea Electric Power2.3902 of 5 stars$8.79+2.4%N/A+18.8%$11.02B$93.40T4.0748,800High Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies CQP Alternatives FTS Alternatives VG Alternatives EBR Alternatives EVRG Alternatives LNT Alternatives WES Alternatives SBS Alternatives WTRG Alternatives KEP 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 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHow to invest in Elon Musk’s Optimus before its launchElon Musk is set to completely take over the AI industry with Optimus… A breakthrough AI-powered robot that El...InvestorPlace | SponsoredElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | SponsoredThis Is How Empires FallThe headlines scream tariffs and export bans — but the real damage is happening in retirement portfolios. 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