TAC vs. PAM, OTTR, KEN, PNM, HE, ENIC, ELP, BKH, POR, and CIG
Should you be buying TransAlta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TransAlta include Pampa Energía (PAM), Otter Tail (OTTR), Kenon (KEN), PNM Resources (PNM), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), Enel Chile (ENIC), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), Black Hills (BKH), Portland General Electric (POR), and CEMIG (CIG). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
TransAlta vs.
TransAlta (NYSE:TAC) and Pampa Energía (NYSE:PAM) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
TransAlta currently has a consensus target price of $16.10, suggesting a potential upside of 70.37%. Given TransAlta's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe TransAlta is more favorable than Pampa Energía.
Pampa Energía received 12 more outperform votes than TransAlta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.66% of users gave Pampa Energía an outperform vote while only 54.20% of users gave TransAlta an outperform vote.
In the previous week, TransAlta had 3 more articles in the media than Pampa Energía. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for TransAlta and 1 mentions for Pampa Energía. TransAlta's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Pampa Energía's score of -0.02 indicating that TransAlta is being referred to more favorably in the media.
64.4% of TransAlta shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.1% of Pampa Energía shares are held by institutional investors. 13.1% of TransAlta shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.5% of Pampa Energía shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
TransAlta has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pampa Energía has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pampa Energía has a net margin of 26.95% compared to TransAlta's net margin of 3.90%. Pampa Energía's return on equity of 21.01% beat TransAlta's return on equity.
Pampa Energía has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TransAlta. Pampa Energía is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransAlta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
TransAlta and Pampa Energía tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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