Ultrapar Participações (UGP) Competitors

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

Is UGP or TLN more profitable?

Talen Energy has a net margin of 50.48% compared to Ultrapar Participações' net margin of 2.00%. Ultrapar Participações' return on equity of 18.03% beat Talen Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ultrapar Participações	2.00%	18.03%	6.93%
Talen Energy	50.48%	8.59%	3.13%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in UGP or TLN?

Ultrapar Participações received 104 more outperform votes than Talen Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.14% of users gave Talen Energy an outperform vote while only 60.98% of users gave Ultrapar Participações an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ultrapar Participações	Outperform Votes 325 60.98%	Underperform Votes 208 39.02%
Talen Energy	Outperform Votes 221 63.14%	Underperform Votes 129 36.86%

Which has more risk & volatility, UGP or TLN?

Ultrapar Participações has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Talen Energy has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in UGP or TLN?

3.6% of Ultrapar Participações shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Talen Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Ultrapar Participações shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Talen Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, UGP or TLN?

Talen Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ultrapar Participações. Ultrapar Participações is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Talen 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
Ultrapar Participações	$136.43B	0.03	$488.69M	$0.36	8.69
Talen Energy	$2.09B	6.04	$613M	$9.63	28.78

Do analysts recommend UGP or TLN?

Ultrapar Participações presently has a consensus price target of $3.20, indicating a potential upside of 2.24%. Talen Energy has a consensus price target of $246.33, indicating a potential downside of 11.12%. Given Ultrapar Participações' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Ultrapar Participações is more favorable than Talen Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ultrapar Participações	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Talen Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor UGP or TLN?

In the previous week, Talen Energy had 23 more articles in the media than Ultrapar Participações. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Talen Energy and 3 mentions for Ultrapar Participações. Talen Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Ultrapar Participações' score of 0.51 indicating that Talen Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ultrapar Participações	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Talen Energy	13 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Talen Energy beats Ultrapar Participações on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.