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$3.88 +0.06 (+1.44%)
Closing price 10/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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UGP vs. LNT, KEP, SBS, WES, DTM, WTRG, ELPC, BEP, KNTK, and CWEN

Should you be buying Ultrapar Participacoes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ultrapar Participacoes include Alliant Energy (LNT), Korea Electric Power (KEP), Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp (SBS), Western Midstream Partners (WES), DT Midstream (DTM), Essential Utilities (WTRG), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel (ELPC), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), Kinetik (KNTK), and Clearway Energy (CWEN). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Ultrapar Participacoes vs. Its Competitors

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

Ultrapar Participacoes has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ultrapar Participacoes presently has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.13%. Alliant Energy has a consensus target price of $68.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.10%. Given Ultrapar Participacoes' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ultrapar Participacoes is more favorable than Alliant Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ultrapar Participacoes
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.29
Alliant Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

3.6% of Ultrapar Participacoes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Ultrapar Participacoes shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Ultrapar Participacoes pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Ultrapar Participacoes pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliant Energy pays out 62.7% 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. Alliant Energy has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Alliant Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Alliant Energy had 17 more articles in the media than Ultrapar Participacoes. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Alliant Energy and 2 mentions for Ultrapar Participacoes. Alliant Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Ultrapar Participacoes' score of 0.80 indicating that Alliant Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ultrapar Participacoes
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alliant Energy
9 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ultrapar Participacoes$138.14B0.03$438.05M$0.458.61
Alliant Energy$3.98B4.39$690M$3.2421.01

Alliant Energy has a net margin of 20.07% compared to Ultrapar Participacoes' net margin of 2.12%. Ultrapar Participacoes' return on equity of 17.64% beat Alliant Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ultrapar Participacoes2.12% 17.64% 7.11%
Alliant Energy 20.07%12.25%3.75%

Summary

Alliant Energy beats Ultrapar Participacoes on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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UGP vs. The Competition

MetricUltrapar ParticipacoesOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.26B$32.58B$7.70B$21.77B
Dividend Yield2.48%5.09%10.87%3.62%
P/E Ratio8.6114.5672.9232.40
Price / Sales0.033.271,419.7760.29
Price / Cash5.5624.4936.6024.37
Price / Book1.472.314.694.59
Net Income$438.05M$1.57B$4.28B$1.01B
7 Day Performance-0.13%-0.29%-0.24%1.32%
1 Month Performance-2.52%-1.06%0.25%-1.45%
1 Year Performance5.87%3.32%15.69%9.57%

Ultrapar Participacoes Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UGP
Ultrapar Participacoes
3.6302 of 5 stars
$3.88
+1.4%
$4.50
+16.1%
+5.3%$4.26B$138.14B8.619,558
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.0539 of 5 stars
$68.12
+2.0%
$66.00
-3.1%
+9.8%$17.17B$3.98B21.022,998News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
KEP
Korea Electric Power
2.0274 of 5 stars
$12.78
flat
N/A+105.0%$16.41B$68.46B3.6448,440News Coverage
Gap Up
SBS
Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp
2.3418 of 5 stars
$24.03
+0.2%
N/A+46.1%$16.40B$6.70B8.3110,552
WES
Western Midstream Partners
3.0706 of 5 stars
$37.97
-1.7%
$39.60
+4.3%
-2.0%$14.72B$3.67B11.681,511News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
DTM
DT Midstream
4.2573 of 5 stars
$114.41
-0.1%
$112.00
-2.1%
+26.4%$11.63B$981M30.67360News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.6826 of 5 stars
$40.05
+1.7%
$44.00
+9.9%
+3.0%$11.04B$2.09B17.193,291News Coverage
Positive News
ELPC
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel
N/A$8.79
+0.6%
N/A+44.9%$9.35B$4.20B12.386,320News Coverage
BEP
Brookfield Renewable Partners
2.9772 of 5 stars
$27.37
+3.2%
$30.00
+9.6%
+2.2%$7.53B$5.88B-28.815,270News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
KNTK
Kinetik
4.2921 of 5 stars
$38.91
+0.9%
$54.67
+40.5%
-28.0%$6.24B$1.48B52.58200Analyst Forecast
CWEN
Clearway Energy
3.1975 of 5 stars
$32.31
+6.5%
$36.33
+12.5%
+15.0%$6.13B$1.43B49.7160

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