Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP) Competitors $8.14 +0.23 (+2.84%) Closing price 04/24/2025Extended Trading$7.93 -0.22 (-2.65%) As of 08:43 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock ELP vs. EBR, EVRG, LNT, WES, SBS, KEP, WTRG, DTM, TLN, and ELPCShould you be buying Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL include Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Evergy (EVRG), Alliant Energy (LNT), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS), Korea Electric Power (KEP), Essential Utilities (WTRG), DT Midstream (DTM), Talen Energy (TLN), and Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELPC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL vs. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás Evergy Alliant Energy Western Midstream Partners Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP Korea Electric Power Essential Utilities DT Midstream Talen Energy Companhia Paranaense de Energia Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (NYSE:EBR) and Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (NYSE:ELP) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment. Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of EBR or ELP? 2.6% of Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts prefer EBR or ELP? Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 4.00Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EBR or ELP? Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL received 65 more outperform votes than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.76% of users gave Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL an outperform vote while only 58.70% of users gave Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCentrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - EletrobrásOutperform Votes16258.70% Underperform Votes11441.30% Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPELOutperform Votes22766.76% Underperform Votes11333.24% Which has higher valuation & earnings, EBR or ELP? Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has higher revenue and earnings than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCentrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás$40.18B0.43$977.82M$0.829.41Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL$22.65B0.20$452.44M$0.1747.91 Is EBR or ELP a better dividend stock? Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays out 40.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL pays out 176.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Is EBR or ELP more profitable? Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a net margin of 26.50% compared to Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's net margin of 14.20%. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's return on equity of 11.88% beat Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás26.50% 9.00% 3.82% Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL 14.20%11.88%5.26% Does the media favor EBR or ELP? In the previous week, Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás had 1 more articles in the media than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás and 2 mentions for Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's score of 0.07 indicating that Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Which has more risk and volatility, EBR or ELP? Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryCentrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás beats Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ELP and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ELP vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricCompanhia Paranaense de Energia - COPELElectric services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$4.46B$13.80B$15.84B$18.86BDividend Yield2.25%4.96%5.83%4.15%P/E Ratio47.9118.9615.5832.41Price / Sales0.2016.7321.5928.58Price / Cash5.5010.0718.5317.53Price / Book0.922.152.014.44Net Income$452.44M$690.28M$667.57M$1.02B7 Day Performance7.52%2.11%1.07%3.35%1 Month Performance10.67%-0.13%2.62%-5.48%1 Year Performance16.27%438.96%10.56%4.28% Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ELPCompanhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL1.3593 of 5 stars$8.15+2.8%N/A+15.1%$4.46B$22.65B47.916,320News CoverageEBRCentrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás2.4244 of 5 stars$7.25+0.3%N/A+7.6%$16.24B$40.18B8.8412,100Positive NewsGap UpEVRGEvergy2.5602 of 5 stars$66.95-2.1%$69.08+3.2%+30.1%$15.40B$5.85B18.094,510Analyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsLNTAlliant Energy3.2987 of 5 stars$59.29-2.5%$63.55+7.2%+21.8%$15.23B$3.98B22.043,130Analyst ForecastPositive NewsWESWestern Midstream Partners2.1301 of 5 stars$36.87-3.3%$38.43+4.2%+9.0%$14.06B$3.61B9.411,220Dividend IncreaseNews CoveragePositive NewsSBSCompanhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP2.5621 of 5 stars$18.71-0.1%N/A+26.1%$12.79B$26.17B7.3712,500News CoveragePositive NewsKEPKorea Electric Power1.8261 of 5 stars$8.79+2.4%N/A+18.0%$11.29B$93.40T4.0748,800High Trading VolumeWTRGEssential Utilities4.1499 of 5 stars$40.21-0.8%$43.50+8.2%+10.4%$11.08B$2.09B20.113,210Upcoming EarningsAnalyst RevisionNews CoveragePositive NewsDTMDT Midstream3.6765 of 5 stars$93.05-4.0%$104.67+12.5%+53.9%$9.45B$981M22.64360Upcoming EarningsNews CoveragePositive NewsTLNTalen Energy2.4168 of 5 stars$191.37-5.9%$240.18+25.5%+118.5%$8.71B$2.07B10.244,981Positive NewsELPCCompanhia Paranaense de EnergiaN/A$6.72-1.9%N/A+16.4%$7.19B$22.65B9.606,320Dividend CutGap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás Alternatives Evergy Alternatives Alliant Energy Alternatives Western Midstream Partners Alternatives Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP Alternatives Korea Electric Power Alternatives Essential Utilities Alternatives DT Midstream Alternatives Talen Energy Alternatives Companhia Paranaense de Energia Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:ELP) was last updated on 4/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | SponsoredGet Your Bank Account “Fed Invasion” Ready with THESE 4 Simple StepsStarting as soon as a few months from now, the United States government will make a sweeping change to bank ac...Weiss Ratings | SponsoredTrump purposefully forcing markets to crash…Whether you agree with the plan or not doesn’t matter. 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