Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP) Competitors

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (NYSE:ELP) and Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ELP or WES?

Western Midstream Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL	$4.30B	0.85	$452.44M	N/A	N/A
Western Midstream Partners	$3.11B	4.59	$1.02B	$3.92	9.55

Does the media refer more to ELP or WES?

In the previous week, Western Midstream Partners had 8 more articles in the media than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Western Midstream Partners and 2 mentions for Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL. Western Midstream Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's score of 0.32 indicating that Western Midstream Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Western Midstream Partners	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ELP or WES?

Western Midstream Partners received 367 more outperform votes than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.75% of users gave Western Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 66.76% of users gave Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL	Outperform Votes 227 66.76%	Underperform Votes 113 33.24%
Western Midstream Partners	Outperform Votes 594 68.75%	Underperform Votes 270 31.25%

Is ELP or WES a better dividend stock?

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL pays an annual dividend of $0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Western Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Western Midstream Partners pays out 89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ELP or WES?

3.8% of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.9% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ELP or WES more profitable?

Western Midstream Partners has a net margin of 42.99% compared to Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's net margin of 14.20%. Western Midstream Partners' return on equity of 46.02% beat Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL	14.20%	11.88%	5.26%
Western Midstream Partners	42.99%	46.02%	12.18%

Do analysts recommend ELP or WES?

Western Midstream Partners has a consensus price target of $37.88, indicating a potential upside of 1.16%. Given Western Midstream Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Western Midstream Partners is more favorable than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Western Midstream Partners	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.90

Which has more risk and volatility, ELP or WES?

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.88, meaning that its stock price is 188% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Western Midstream Partners beats Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.