KEN vs. PAM, TAC, OTTR, ENIC, ELP, BKH, HE, POR, PNM, and CIG
Should you be buying Kenon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kenon include Pampa Energía (PAM), TransAlta (TAC), Otter Tail (OTTR), Enel Chile (ENIC), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), Black Hills (BKH), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), Portland General Electric (POR), PNM Resources (PNM), and CEMIG (CIG). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Kenon vs.
Kenon (NYSE:KEN) and Pampa Energía (NYSE:PAM) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
Kenon has a net margin of 273.80% compared to Pampa Energía's net margin of 24.93%. Kenon's return on equity of 56.30% beat Pampa Energía's return on equity.
6.4% of Kenon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.1% of Pampa Energía shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Kenon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 55.5% of Pampa Energía shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Pampa Energía received 181 more outperform votes than Kenon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.64% of users gave Kenon an outperform vote while only 61.32% of users gave Pampa Energía an outperform vote.
Kenon has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pampa Energía. Kenon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pampa Energía, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Kenon's average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat Pampa Energía's score of 0.00 indicating that Kenon is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pampa Energía has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential downside of 20.69%. Given Pampa Energía's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pampa Energía is more favorable than Kenon.
Kenon has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pampa Energía has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kenon beats Pampa Energía on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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