Central Puerto (CEPU) Competitors

Central Puerto (NYSE:CEPU) and EnLink Midstream (NYSE:ENLC) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CEPU or ENLC?

3.0% of Central Puerto shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.9% of EnLink Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Central Puerto shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of EnLink Midstream shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, CEPU or ENLC?

Central Puerto has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EnLink Midstream has a beta of 2.43, suggesting that its stock price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CEPU or ENLC?

Central Puerto has higher earnings, but lower revenue than EnLink Midstream. Central Puerto is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EnLink Midstream, 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
Central Puerto	$1.20B	1.84	$562.57M	$2.55	5.71
EnLink Midstream	$6.90B	0.96	$206.20M	$0.21	69.33

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CEPU or ENLC?

EnLink Midstream received 219 more outperform votes than Central Puerto when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.34% of users gave Central Puerto an outperform vote while only 48.99% of users gave EnLink Midstream an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Central Puerto	Outperform Votes 120 56.34%	Underperform Votes 93 43.66%
EnLink Midstream	Outperform Votes 339 48.99%	Underperform Votes 353 51.01%

Is CEPU or ENLC a better dividend stock?

Central Puerto pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. EnLink Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Central Puerto pays out 12.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EnLink Midstream pays out 252.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts recommend CEPU or ENLC?

Central Puerto currently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential downside of 17.58%. EnLink Midstream has a consensus price target of $15.40, indicating a potential upside of 5.78%. Given EnLink Midstream's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EnLink Midstream is more favorable than Central Puerto.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Central Puerto	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
EnLink Midstream	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31

Is CEPU or ENLC more profitable?

Central Puerto has a net margin of 56.44% compared to EnLink Midstream's net margin of 1.96%. Central Puerto's return on equity of 22.76% beat EnLink Midstream's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Central Puerto	56.44%	22.76%	14.97%
EnLink Midstream	1.96%	9.51%	2.76%

Does the media prefer CEPU or ENLC?

In the previous week, EnLink Midstream had 3 more articles in the media than Central Puerto. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for EnLink Midstream and 5 mentions for Central Puerto. EnLink Midstream's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Central Puerto's score of 0.00 indicating that EnLink Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Central Puerto	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
EnLink Midstream	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

EnLink Midstream beats Central Puerto on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.