TXNM Energy (TXNM) Competitors

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (NYSE:EBR) and TXNM Energy (NYSE:TXNM) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EBR or TXNM?

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás received 153 more outperform votes than TXNM Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.29% of users gave TXNM Energy an outperform vote while only 58.70% of users gave Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	Outperform Votes 162 58.70%	Underperform Votes 114 41.30%
TXNM Energy	Outperform Votes 9 64.29%	Underperform Votes 5 35.71%

Is EBR or TXNM a better dividend stock?

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. TXNM Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays out 40.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TXNM Energy pays out 61.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer EBR or TXNM?

In the previous week, TXNM Energy had 10 more articles in the media than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for TXNM Energy and 2 mentions for Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. TXNM Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' score of 0.99 indicating that TXNM Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TXNM Energy	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of EBR or TXNM?

2.6% of Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of TXNM Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of TXNM Energy shares are owned 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.

Which has better valuation and earnings, EBR or TXNM?

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has higher revenue and earnings than TXNM Energy. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TXNM 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
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	$40.18B	0.43	$977.82M	$0.82	9.30
TXNM Energy	$1.97B	2.50	$88.35M	$2.67	19.88

Which has more volatility and risk, EBR or TXNM?

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TXNM Energy has a beta of 0.15, indicating that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer EBR or TXNM?

TXNM Energy has a consensus price target of $53.57, indicating a potential upside of 0.93%. Given TXNM Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TXNM Energy is more favorable than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
TXNM Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Is EBR or TXNM more profitable?

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a net margin of 26.50% compared to TXNM Energy's net margin of 9.26%. TXNM Energy's return on equity of 9.69% beat Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	26.50%	9.00%	3.82%
TXNM Energy	9.26%	9.69%	2.26%

Summary

TXNM Energy beats Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.