PAM vs. PNW, BEP, OGE, BEPC, CWEN, CIG, IDA, ORA, POR, and AQN
Should you be buying Pampa Energía stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pampa Energía include Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), OGE Energy (OGE), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Clearway Energy (CWEN), CEMIG (CIG), IDACORP (IDA), Ormat Technologies (ORA), Portland General Electric (POR), and Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Pampa Energía (NYSE:PAM) and Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
Pinnacle West Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Pampa Energía. Pampa Energía is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinnacle West Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
12.8% of Pampa Energía shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 55.5% of Pampa Energía shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Pinnacle West Capital had 13 more articles in the media than Pampa Energía. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital and 3 mentions for Pampa Energía. Pampa Energía's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Pinnacle West Capital's score of 1.06 indicating that Pampa Energía is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pampa Energía presently has a consensus price target of $48.17, indicating a potential upside of 10.86%. Pinnacle West Capital has a consensus price target of $76.04, indicating a potential upside of 0.46%. Given Pampa Energía's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Pampa Energía is more favorable than Pinnacle West Capital.
Pampa Energía has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pinnacle West Capital received 93 more outperform votes than Pampa Energía when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.54% of users gave Pampa Energía an outperform vote while only 42.05% of users gave Pinnacle West Capital an outperform vote.
Pampa Energía has a net margin of 25.16% compared to Pinnacle West Capital's net margin of 11.09%. Pampa Energía's return on equity of 14.99% beat Pinnacle West Capital's return on equity.
Summary
Pampa Energía and Pinnacle West Capital tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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