CEMIG (CIG) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, NRG or CIG?

NRG Energy has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CEMIG has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, NRG or CIG?

CEMIG has higher revenue and 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	$28.13B	0.68	-$202M	$4.90	19.21
CEMIG	$37.64B	0.13	$1.15B	$0.54	3.08

Does the media prefer NRG or CIG?

In the previous week, NRG Energy had 28 more articles in the media than CEMIG. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for NRG Energy and 6 mentions for CEMIG. NRG Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat CEMIG's score of 0.22 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	16 Very Positive mention(s)	12 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CEMIG	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend NRG or CIG?

NRG Energy presently has a consensus price target of $124.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.76%. Given NRG Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
CEMIG	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75

Is NRG or CIG a better dividend stock?

NRG Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. CEMIG pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. NRG Energy pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CEMIG pays out 25.9% 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. CEMIG is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NRG or CIG?

NRG Energy received 447 more outperform votes than CEMIG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.87% of users gave NRG Energy an outperform vote while only 57.82% of users gave CEMIG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NRG Energy	Outperform Votes 691 65.87%	Underperform Votes 358 34.13%
CEMIG	Outperform Votes 244 57.82%	Underperform Votes 178 42.18%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NRG or CIG?

97.7% of NRG Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of NRG Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Summary

NRG Energy beats CEMIG on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.