EBR vs. AEP, TRP, EXC, XEL, CQP, FTS, WES, LNT, AGR, and EVRG
Should you be buying Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás include American Electric Power (AEP), TC Energy (TRP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Fortis (FTS), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Alliant Energy (LNT), Avangrid (AGR), and Evergy (EVRG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás vs.
American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) and Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (NYSE:EBR) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás received 69 more outperform votes than American Electric Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.70% of users gave Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás an outperform vote while only 55.03% of users gave American Electric Power an outperform vote.
American Electric Power currently has a consensus target price of $98.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.77%. Given American Electric Power's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe American Electric Power is more favorable than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás.
75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.6% of Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
American Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás.
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a net margin of 26.50% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 13.48%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 11.41% beat Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' return on equity.
American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. American Electric Power pays out 74.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Electric Power has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. American Electric Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 32 more articles in the media than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for American Electric Power and 2 mentions for Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' score of -0.50 indicating that American Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Electric Power has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
American Electric Power beats Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EBR) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
