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UGP vs. TLN, DTM, WTRG, ELPC, OKLO, BEP, KNTK, ENLC, CWEN, and ELP

Should you be buying Ultrapar Participacoes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ultrapar Participacoes include Talen Energy (TLN), DT Midstream (DTM), Essential Utilities (WTRG), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel (ELPC), Oklo (OKLO), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), Kinetik (KNTK), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Clearway Energy (CWEN), and Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) (ELP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Ultrapar Participacoes vs. Its Competitors

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

Talen Energy has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ultrapar Participacoes has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Talen Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Ultrapar Participacoes. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Talen Energy and 2 mentions for Ultrapar Participacoes. Talen Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Ultrapar Participacoes' score of 0.51 indicating that Talen Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Talen Energy
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Talen Energy$2.12B5.97$998M$9.6328.81
Ultrapar Participacoes$24.76B0.15$438.05M$0.369.22

Talen Energy has a net margin of 28.51% compared to Ultrapar Participacoes' net margin of 1.65%. Ultrapar Participacoes' return on equity of 14.29% beat Talen Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Talen Energy28.51% 11.47% 3.36%
Ultrapar Participacoes 1.65%14.29%5.70%

Talen Energy currently has a consensus target price of $255.25, indicating a potential downside of 8.00%. Ultrapar Participacoes has a consensus target price of $3.20, indicating a potential downside of 3.61%. Given Ultrapar Participacoes' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ultrapar Participacoes is more favorable than Talen Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Talen Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Ultrapar Participacoes
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

0.4% of Talen Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.6% of Ultrapar Participacoes shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Ultrapar Participacoes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Talen Energy beats Ultrapar Participacoes on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding UGP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$3.67B$31.74B$7.57B$20.52B
Dividend Yield4.15%5.29%10.92%3.76%
P/E Ratio9.2215.6963.6227.79
Price / Sales0.153.8621,802.9840.48
Price / Cash4.7946.4136.2522.26
Price / Book1.262.253.684.58
Net Income$438.05M$1.57B$4.21B$982.91M
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.74%1.71%1.31%
1 Month Performance12.93%0.69%6.72%4.85%
1 Year Performance-19.61%11.96%101.76%14.09%

Ultrapar Participacoes Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UGP
Ultrapar Participacoes
2.7177 of 5 stars
$3.32
+0.9%
$3.20
-3.6%
-18.7%$3.67B$24.76B9.229,558News Coverage
TLN
Talen Energy
0.7993 of 5 stars
$290.77
-2.4%
$255.25
-12.2%
+139.6%$13.56B$2.12B30.194,981Positive News
DTM
DT Midstream
3.0041 of 5 stars
$109.89
+0.9%
$109.27
-0.6%
+50.3%$11.06B$981M29.94360News Coverage
Positive News
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.7661 of 5 stars
$37.11
+0.5%
$43.50
+17.2%
-1.7%$10.35B$2.09B16.643,291
ELPC
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel
N/A$8.52
+7.2%
N/A+31.6%$8.51B$4.20B12.176,320Gap Up
OKLO
Oklo
1.8635 of 5 stars
$56.05
+1.4%
$58.50
+4.4%
+635.2%$7.71BN/A-10.3678Gap Up
BEP
Brookfield Renewable Partners
3.5098 of 5 stars
$25.49
-0.4%
$29.13
+14.3%
+4.6%$7.26B$5.88B-25.245,270
KNTK
Kinetik
3.9497 of 5 stars
$44.07
-0.1%
$56.56
+28.3%
+1.4%$6.97B$1.48B46.39200Positive News
ENLC
EnLink Midstream
N/A$14.56
+2.9%
$15.33
+5.3%
+5.4%$6.65B$6.65B69.331,130High Trading Volume
CWEN
Clearway Energy
3.6739 of 5 stars
$32.00
-0.4%
$35.50
+10.9%
+32.5%$6.50B$1.37B40.0060Positive News
ELP
Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL)
1.1116 of 5 stars
$9.15
+2.7%
N/A+26.0%$5.31B$4.20B53.824,396

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