Pampa Energía (PAM) Competitors

Pampa Energía (NYSE:PAM) and Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PAM or LNT?

Alliant Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pampa Energía. Pampa Energía is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alliant Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pampa Energía	$2.04T	0.00	$302M	$9.21	8.28
Alliant Energy	$4.08B	3.88	$703M	$2.90	21.22

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PAM or LNT?

12.8% of Pampa Energía shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 55.5% of Pampa Energía shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate PAM or LNT?

Pampa Energía currently has a consensus target price of $85.83, indicating a potential upside of 12.60%. Alliant Energy has a consensus target price of $63.95, indicating a potential upside of 3.93%. Given Pampa Energía's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Pampa Energía is more favorable than Alliant Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pampa Energía	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Alliant Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Which has more volatility & risk, PAM or LNT?

Pampa Energía has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor PAM or LNT?

In the previous week, Alliant Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Pampa Energía. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Alliant Energy and 5 mentions for Pampa Energía. Alliant Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Pampa Energía's score of 0.89 indicating that Alliant Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pampa Energía	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alliant Energy	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PAM or LNT?

Pampa Energía received 269 more outperform votes than Alliant Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.88% of users gave Pampa Energía an outperform vote while only 34.44% of users gave Alliant Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pampa Energía	Outperform Votes 300 59.88%	Underperform Votes 201 40.12%
Alliant Energy	Outperform Votes 31 34.44%	Underperform Votes 59 65.56%

Is PAM or LNT more profitable?

Pampa Energía has a net margin of 19.86% compared to Alliant Energy's net margin of 17.33%. Pampa Energía's return on equity of 12.15% beat Alliant Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pampa Energía	19.86%	12.15%	6.57%
Alliant Energy	17.33%	11.39%	3.55%

Summary

Pampa Energía beats Alliant Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.