CEMIG (CIG) Competitors

CEMIG (NYSE:CIG) and Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.

Is CIG or ES a better dividend stock?

CEMIG pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Eversource Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. CEMIG pays out 40.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eversource Energy pays out -182.2% 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. Eversource Energy has increased its dividend for 26 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to CIG or ES?

In the previous week, Eversource Energy had 10 more articles in the media than CEMIG. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Eversource Energy and 3 mentions for CEMIG. Eversource Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat CEMIG's score of 0.62 indicating that Eversource Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CEMIG	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Eversource Energy	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CIG or ES more profitable?

CEMIG has a net margin of 15.70% compared to Eversource Energy's net margin of -4.73%. CEMIG's return on equity of 21.49% beat Eversource Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CEMIG	15.70%	21.49%	9.64%
Eversource Energy	-4.73%	10.90%	2.78%

Do analysts prefer CIG or ES?

CEMIG presently has a consensus price target of $2.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.61%. Eversource Energy has a consensus price target of $70.46, indicating a potential upside of 14.37%. Given Eversource Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Eversource Energy is more favorable than CEMIG.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CEMIG	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Eversource Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Which has more risk & volatility, CIG or ES?

CEMIG has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eversource Energy has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CIG or ES?

80.0% of Eversource Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Eversource Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CIG or ES?

CEMIG has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Eversource Energy. Eversource Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CEMIG, 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
CEMIG	$7.38B	0.80	$1.15B	$0.42	4.97
Eversource Energy	$11.91B	1.90	-$442.24M	-$1.57	-39.24

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CIG or ES?

Eversource Energy received 219 more outperform votes than CEMIG when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.23% of users gave CEMIG an outperform vote while only 46.77% of users gave Eversource Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CEMIG	Outperform Votes 244 58.23%	Underperform Votes 175 41.77%
Eversource Energy	Outperform Votes 463 46.77%	Underperform Votes 527 53.23%

Summary

Eversource Energy beats CEMIG on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.