XIFR vs. UGP, PAM, TAC, NWE, ENLT, KGS, USAC, RNW, EE, and NEXT
Should you be buying XPLR Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of XPLR Infrastructure include Ultrapar Participacoes (UGP), Pampa Energia (PAM), TransAlta (TAC), NorthWestern Energy Group (NWE), Enlight Renewable Energy (ENLT), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), USA Compression Partners (USAC), ReNew Energy Global (RNW), Excelerate Energy (EE), and NextDecade (NEXT). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
XPLR Infrastructure vs. Its Competitors
Ultrapar Participacoes (NYSE:UGP) and XPLR Infrastructure (NYSE:XIFR) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Ultrapar Participacoes has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPLR Infrastructure has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
3.6% of Ultrapar Participacoes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.0% of XPLR Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Ultrapar Participacoes shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of XPLR Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, XPLR Infrastructure had 17 more articles in the media than Ultrapar Participacoes. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for XPLR Infrastructure and 2 mentions for Ultrapar Participacoes. Ultrapar Participacoes' average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat XPLR Infrastructure's score of 0.06 indicating that Ultrapar Participacoes is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ultrapar Participacoes has a net margin of 2.12% compared to XPLR Infrastructure's net margin of -12.94%. Ultrapar Participacoes' return on equity of 17.64% beat XPLR Infrastructure's return on equity.
Ultrapar Participacoes has higher revenue and earnings than XPLR Infrastructure. XPLR Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ultrapar Participacoes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ultrapar Participacoes presently has a consensus price target of $3.20, indicating a potential downside of 11.23%. XPLR Infrastructure has a consensus price target of $16.92, indicating a potential upside of 61.79%. Given XPLR Infrastructure's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe XPLR Infrastructure is more favorable than Ultrapar Participacoes.
Summary
Ultrapar Participacoes beats XPLR Infrastructure on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:XIFR) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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