Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel (ELPC) Competitors $7.76 +0.23 (+3.05%) Closing price 03:55 PM EasternExtended Trading$7.76 0.00 (0.00%) As of 04:04 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, FTS, KEP, EBR, LNT, EVRG, WES, SBS, TLN, and WTRGShould you be buying Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel include Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Fortis (FTS), Korea Electric Power (KEP), 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), Talen Energy (TLN), and Essential Utilities (WTRG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel vs. Its Competitors Cheniere Energy Partners Fortis Korea Electric Power Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras Alliant Energy Evergy Western Midstream Partners Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp Talen Energy Essential Utilities Cheniere Energy Partners (NYSE:CQP) and Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel (NYSE:ELPC) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and earnings. 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 5.6%. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Cheniere Energy Partners pays out 74.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel pays out 51.4% 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. Do analysts prefer CQP or ELPC? Cheniere Energy Partners currently has a consensus price target of $55.80, indicating a potential upside of 1.03%. Given Cheniere Energy Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cheniere Energy Partners is more favorable than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel.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 - Copel 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Is CQP or ELPC more profitable? Cheniere Energy Partners has a net margin of 26.27% compared to Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel's net margin of 0.00%. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel'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 Partners26.27% -414.56% 13.56% Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel N/A N/A N/A Which has higher earnings & valuation, CQP or ELPC? Cheniere Energy Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel 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$8.70B3.07$2.51B$4.1613.28Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel$4.20B1.98$749.01M$0.7011.09 Which has more risk and volatility, CQP or ELPC? Cheniere Energy Partners has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel has a beta of -0.07, suggesting that its share price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media prefer CQP or ELPC? In the previous week, Cheniere Energy Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel'saverage media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment Cheniere Energy Partners Neutral Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel Neutral Do insiders and institutionals believe in CQP or ELPC? 46.6% of Cheniere Energy Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryCheniere Energy Partners beats Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel on 12 of the 14 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 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 ELPC 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 Energia - CopelUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$8.06B$24.97B$16.14B$21.12BDividend Yield4.72%3.70%5.31%3.60%P/E Ratio11.0934.8620.3628.44Price / Sales1.984.25207.9860.38Price / CashN/A8.9219.0922.92Price / BookN/A2.262.164.69Net Income$749.01M$1.43B$751.46M$995.51M7 Day Performance-1.46%1.95%0.92%1.64%1 Month Performance-6.28%4.42%26.19%5.92%1 Year Performance24.16%20.04%204.24%11.50% Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ELPCCompanhia Paranaense de Energia - CopelN/A$7.76+3.1%N/A+22.3%$8.06B$4.20B11.096,320News CoverageGap UpHigh Trading VolumeCQPCheniere Energy Partners1.4351 of 5 stars$53.75-2.3%$55.80+3.8%N/A$26.05B$8.70B12.941,714FTSFortis4.719 of 5 stars$47.03-0.4%$72.00+53.1%+20.0%$23.68B$8.40B19.849,848Trending NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst UpgradeAnalyst RevisionKEPKorea Electric Power2.6046 of 5 stars$13.28-3.2%N/A+96.9%$17.06B$93.51T4.5548,440Positive NewsEBRCentrais El�tricas Brasileiras1.1642 of 5 stars$7.07+1.7%N/A+5.7%$15.90B$41.88B9.307,710LNTAlliant Energy4.1487 of 5 stars$61.88-1.1%$64.23+3.8%+17.2%$15.90B$3.98B21.342,998Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementEVRGEvergy3.4533 of 5 stars$67.77-1.1%$73.19+8.0%+24.1%$15.59B$5.85B17.834,731WESWestern Midstream Partners1.6554 of 5 stars$40.08-0.1%$39.83-0.6%-0.4%$15.28B$3.61B11.961,511Dividend AnnouncementSBSCompanhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp1.8889 of 5 stars$20.07+0.9%N/A+26.2%$13.71B$36.15B7.4910,552Positive NewsTLNTalen Energy1.5454 of 5 stars$268.02-4.9%$260.67-2.7%N/A$12.20B$2.12B27.831,894Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionWTRGEssential Utilities4.8395 of 5 stars$37.48-1.0%$43.50+16.0%-9.5%$10.51B$2.09B16.813,291News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies CQP Alternatives FTS Alternatives KEP Alternatives EBR Alternatives LNT Alternatives EVRG Alternatives WES Alternatives SBS Alternatives TLN Alternatives WTRG 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 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersINVESTOR ALERT: Tiny “$3 AI Wonder Stock” on the Verge of Blasting OffRight now, we’re witnessing a monumental shift in the world.Traders Agency | SponsoredMarket 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 | SponsoredGoogle did what!?!?A new technology has sparked a modern-day gold rush in Silicon Valley. 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