PAM vs. WTRG, OKLO, DTM, ELPC, BEP, KNTK, CWEN, TXNM, CIG, and ELP
Should you be buying Pampa Energia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pampa Energia include Essential Utilities (WTRG), Oklo (OKLO), DT Midstream (DTM), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel (ELPC), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), Kinetik (KNTK), Clearway Energy (CWEN), TXNM Energy (TXNM), Comp En De Mn Cemig ADS (CIG), and Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) (ELP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Pampa Energia vs. Its Competitors
Pampa Energia (NYSE:PAM) and Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Essential Utilities had 9 more articles in the media than Pampa Energia. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Essential Utilities and 7 mentions for Pampa Energia. Essential Utilities' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Pampa Energia's score of 0.10 indicating that Essential Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pampa Energia has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Essential Utilities. Pampa Energia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Essential Utilities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pampa Energia has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Essential Utilities has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
12.8% of Pampa Energia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of Essential Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. 55.5% of Pampa Energia shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Essential Utilities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Pampa Energia presently has a consensus price target of $92.75, indicating a potential upside of 56.16%. Essential Utilities has a consensus price target of $44.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.20%. Given Pampa Energia's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Pampa Energia is more favorable than Essential Utilities.
Essential Utilities has a net margin of 27.62% compared to Pampa Energia's net margin of 23.73%. Pampa Energia's return on equity of 13.01% beat Essential Utilities' return on equity.
Summary
Essential Utilities beats Pampa Energia on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:PAM) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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