EBR.B vs. AEP, D, VST, ETR, DTE, PPL, FE, ES, CNP, and FTS
Should you be buying CENTRAIS ELETRI-S stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CENTRAIS ELETRI-S include American Electric Power (AEP), Dominion Energy (D), Vistra (VST), Entergy (ETR), DTE Energy (DTE), PPL (PPL), FirstEnergy (FE), Eversource Energy (ES), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), and Fortis (FTS). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
CENTRAIS ELETRI-S vs.
CENTRAIS ELETRI-S (NYSE:EBR.B) and American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
American Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than CENTRAIS ELETRI-S.
75.2% of American Electric Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CENTRAIS ELETRI-S received 31 more outperform votes than American Electric Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.78% of users gave CENTRAIS ELETRI-S an outperform vote while only 55.29% of users gave American Electric Power an outperform vote.
CENTRAIS ELETRI-S has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, American Electric Power has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CENTRAIS ELETRI-S pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. American Electric Power pays out 66.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Electric Power has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 30 more articles in the media than CENTRAIS ELETRI-S. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for American Electric Power and 0 mentions for CENTRAIS ELETRI-S. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat CENTRAIS ELETRI-S's score of 0.00 indicating that American Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $98.46, suggesting a potential downside of 8.58%. Given American Electric Power's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Electric Power is more favorable than CENTRAIS ELETRI-S.
CENTRAIS ELETRI-S has a net margin of 26.50% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 15.08%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 11.27% beat CENTRAIS ELETRI-S's return on equity.
Summary
American Electric Power beats CENTRAIS ELETRI-S on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EBR.B) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
