Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel (ELPC) Competitors $7.94 +0.14 (+1.79%) Closing price 08/1/2025 03:56 PM EasternExtended Trading$7.94 0.00 (0.00%) As of 08/1/2025 04:10 PM 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock ELPC vs. CQP, FTS, KEP, LNT, EVRG, EBR, WES, TLN, SBS, and WTRGShould you be buying Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel include Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Fortis (FTS), Korea Electric Power (KEP), Alliant Energy (LNT), Evergy (EVRG), Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras (EBR), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Talen Energy (TLN), Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp (SBS), and Essential Utilities (WTRG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel vs. Its Competitors Cheniere Energy Partners Fortis Korea Electric Power Alliant Energy Evergy Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras Western Midstream Partners Talen Energy Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp Essential Utilities Cheniere Energy Partners (NYSE:CQP) and Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel (NYSE:ELPC) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings. Do institutionals and insiders believe in CQP or ELPC? 46.6% of Cheniere Energy Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Is CQP or ELPC more profitable? Cheniere Energy Partners has a net margin of 26.27% compared to Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel's net margin of 0.00%. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel's return on equity of 0.00% beat Cheniere Energy Partners' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Cheniere Energy Partners26.27% -414.56% 13.56% Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel N/A N/A N/A Is CQP or ELPC a better dividend stock? Cheniere Energy Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Cheniere Energy Partners pays out 74.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel pays out 50.0% 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. Which has higher earnings & valuation, CQP or ELPC? Cheniere Energy Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cheniere Energy Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCheniere Energy Partners$8.70B3.16$2.51B$4.1613.66Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel$23.13B0.37$749.00M$0.7011.34 Which has more volatility & risk, CQP or ELPC? Cheniere Energy Partners has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel has a beta of -0.07, meaning that its share price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts rate CQP or ELPC? Cheniere Energy Partners currently has a consensus target price of $55.80, indicating a potential downside of 1.78%. Given Cheniere Energy Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Cheniere Energy Partners is more favorable than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Cheniere Energy Partners 5 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.00Companhia 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 media refer more to CQP or ELPC? In the previous week, Cheniere Energy Partners had 11 more articles in the media than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Cheniere Energy Partners and 1 mentions for Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Cheniere Energy Partners' score of 0.43 indicating that Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Cheniere Energy Partners 4 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryCheniere Energy Partners beats Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel on 12 of the 16 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 ELPC 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 ELPC 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 ELPC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricCompanhia Paranaense de Energia - CopelUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$8.35B$25.13B$16.00B$20.63BDividend Yield4.49%3.71%5.46%3.67%P/E Ratio11.3434.7019.9529.01Price / Sales0.374.13201.6766.07Price / CashN/A8.9519.0322.82Price / BookN/A2.292.144.43Net Income$749.00M$1.43B$751.46M$993.74M7 Day Performance2.32%-1.09%-0.96%-3.39%1 Month Performance-3.87%1.12%20.30%-2.10%1 Year Performance26.84%17.23%182.92%10.09% Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ELPCCompanhia Paranaense de Energia - CopelN/A$7.94+1.8%N/A+26.2%$8.35B$23.13B11.346,320Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsCQPCheniere Energy Partners2.1294 of 5 stars$52.54+0.1%$55.80+6.2%N/A$25.43B$9.40B12.631,714News CoverageDividend AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionFTSFortis4.719 of 5 stars$49.06+1.9%$72.00+46.8%+19.4%$24.70B$11.73B20.709,848Trending NewsEarnings ReportDividend IncreaseKEPKorea Electric Power1.2006 of 5 stars$13.64+0.8%N/A+76.0%$17.51B$68.46B4.6748,440Gap DownLNTAlliant Energy3.8731 of 5 stars$65.74+1.8%$64.23-2.3%+15.7%$16.89B$3.98B22.672,998Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsEVRGEvergy3.1204 of 5 stars$69.78+1.0%$74.06+6.1%+19.7%$16.06B$5.85B18.364,731Trending NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst RevisionEBRCentrais El�tricas Brasileiras2.2091 of 5 stars$6.95-1.1%N/A-2.6%$15.63B$7.45B9.147,710News CoverageUpcoming EarningsAnalyst UpgradeGap UpWESWestern Midstream Partners1.478 of 5 stars$39.45+0.1%$39.83+1.0%-0.4%$15.04B$3.63B11.781,511Upcoming EarningsAnalyst RevisionGap DownTLNTalen Energy1.4863 of 5 stars$313.58+1.1%$289.92-7.5%N/A$14.27B$2.12B32.561,894Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsGap DownSBSCompanhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp2.4344 of 5 stars$19.71-0.9%N/A+24.6%$13.47B$6.70B7.3510,552News CoveragePositive NewsGap UpWTRGEssential Utilities4.7846 of 5 stars$38.02+1.5%$43.50+14.4%-7.0%$10.66B$2.09B17.053,291Trending NewsEarnings ReportDividend IncreaseShort Interest ↑Analyst RevisionGap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies CQP Alternatives FTS Alternatives KEP Alternatives LNT Alternatives EVRG Alternatives EBR Alternatives WES Alternatives TLN Alternatives SBS Alternatives WTRG 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:ELPC) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhy Elon put $51 million into thisA single U.S. company has started producing a “miracle metal” once locked in research labs. 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