Excelerate Energy (EE) Competitors

Ultrapar Participações (NYSE:UGP) and Excelerate Energy (NYSE:EE) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, UGP or EE?

Ultrapar Participações has higher revenue and earnings than Excelerate Energy. Ultrapar Participações is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Excelerate 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	$25.25B	0.21	$488.69M	$0.48	10.10
Excelerate Energy	$1.16B	1.74	$30.41M	$1.01	18.47

Is UGP or EE a better dividend stock?

Ultrapar Participações pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Excelerate Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Ultrapar Participações pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Excelerate Energy pays out 9.9% 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. Ultrapar Participações has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Ultrapar Participações is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is UGP or EE more profitable?

Excelerate Energy has a net margin of 2.60% compared to Excelerate Energy's net margin of 2.07%. Excelerate Energy's return on equity of 19.30% beat Ultrapar Participações' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ultrapar Participações	2.07%	19.30%	7.20%
Excelerate Energy	2.60%	1.66%	1.04%

Which has more volatility and risk, UGP or EE?

Ultrapar Participações has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Excelerate Energy has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer UGP or EE?

Ultrapar Participações currently has a consensus price target of $4.37, suggesting a potential downside of 9.97%. Excelerate Energy has a consensus price target of $22.75, suggesting a potential upside of 21.98%. Given Ultrapar Participações' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Excelerate Energy is more favorable than Ultrapar Participações.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ultrapar Participações	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80
Excelerate Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media favor UGP or EE?

In the previous week, Excelerate Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Ultrapar Participações. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Excelerate Energy and 3 mentions for Ultrapar Participações. Excelerate Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Ultrapar Participações' score of 0.49 indicating that Ultrapar Participações is being referred to more favorably in the 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
Excelerate Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer UGP or EE?

Ultrapar Participações received 305 more outperform votes than Excelerate Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.72% of users gave Ultrapar Participações an outperform vote while only 26.83% of users gave Excelerate Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ultrapar Participações	Outperform Votes 316 61.72%	Underperform Votes 196 38.28%
Excelerate Energy	Outperform Votes 11 26.83%	Underperform Votes 30 73.17%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in UGP or EE?

3.6% of Ultrapar Participações shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Excelerate Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Ultrapar Participações shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Excelerate Energy shares are held by company 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.

Summary

Ultrapar Participações beats Excelerate Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.