CEMIG (CIG) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, NRG or CIG?

NRG Energy has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CEMIG has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NRG or CIG?

NRG Energy received 443 more outperform votes than CEMIG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.93% of users gave NRG Energy an outperform vote while only 57.96% of users gave CEMIG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NRG Energy	Outperform Votes 687 65.93%	Underperform Votes 355 34.07%
CEMIG	Outperform Votes 244 57.96%	Underperform Votes 177 42.04%

Is NRG or CIG more profitable?

CEMIG has a net margin of 20.43% compared to NRG Energy's net margin of 3.43%. NRG Energy's return on equity of 48.96% beat CEMIG's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NRG Energy	3.43%	48.96%	4.73%
CEMIG	20.43%	20.41%	9.21%

Does the media favor NRG or CIG?

In the previous week, NRG Energy had 18 more articles in the media than CEMIG. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for NRG Energy and 3 mentions for CEMIG. NRG Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat CEMIG's score of 0.64 indicating that NRG Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NRG Energy	17 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CEMIG	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is NRG or CIG a better dividend stock?

NRG Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. CEMIG pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. NRG Energy pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CEMIG pays out 26.1% 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. CEMIG is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend NRG or CIG?

NRG Energy presently has a consensus price target of $111.43, suggesting a potential upside of 8.56%. Given NRG Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe NRG Energy is more favorable than CEMIG.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NRG Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
CEMIG	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher valuation & earnings, NRG or CIG?

CEMIG has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NRG Energy. CEMIG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NRG 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
NRG Energy	$28.82B	0.72	-$202M	$3.98	25.79
CEMIG	$7.38B	0.72	$1.15B	$0.54	3.48

Do institutionals & insiders believe in NRG or CIG?

97.7% of NRG Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of NRG 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.

Summary

NRG Energy beats CEMIG on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.