PAM vs. TAC, PNM, KEN, OTTR, BKH, HE, EDN, ELP, AQN, and ENIC
Should you be buying Pampa Energía stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pampa Energía include TransAlta (TAC), PNM Resources (PNM), Kenon (KEN), Otter Tail (OTTR), Black Hills (BKH), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (EDN), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), and Enel Chile (ENIC). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
TransAlta (NYSE:TAC) and Pampa Energía (NYSE:PAM) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
TransAlta has higher revenue and earnings than Pampa Energía. TransAlta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pampa Energía, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TransAlta has a net margin of 20.05% compared to TransAlta's net margin of 17.45%. Pampa Energía's return on equity of 48.42% beat TransAlta's return on equity.
Pampa Energía received 12 more outperform votes than TransAlta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.96% of users gave Pampa Energía an outperform vote while only 54.90% of users gave TransAlta an outperform vote.
Pampa Energía has a consensus price target of $41.33, indicating a potential downside of 6.82%. Given TransAlta's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pampa Energía is more favorable than TransAlta.
59.0% of TransAlta shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.8% of Pampa Energía shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.1% of TransAlta shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 55.5% of Pampa Energía shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
TransAlta has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pampa Energía has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, TransAlta had 7 more articles in the media than Pampa Energía. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for TransAlta and 4 mentions for Pampa Energía. Pampa Energía's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat TransAlta's score of 0.09 indicating that TransAlta is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
TransAlta and Pampa Energía tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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