Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel (ELPC) Competitors $8.28 +0.02 (+0.24%) Closing price 03:55 PM EasternExtended Trading$8.28 0.00 (0.00%) As of 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. VG, CQP, FTS, KEP, EBR, LNT, TLN, EVRG, WES, and SBSShould you be buying Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel include Venture Global (VG), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Fortis (FTS), Korea Electric Power (KEP), Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras (EBR), Alliant Energy (LNT), Talen Energy (TLN), Evergy (EVRG), Western Midstream Partners (WES), and Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp (SBS). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel vs. Its Competitors Venture Global Cheniere Energy Partners Fortis Korea Electric Power Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras Alliant Energy Talen Energy Evergy Western Midstream Partners Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel (NYSE:ELPC) and Venture Global (NYSE:VG) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations. Do analysts recommend ELPC or VG? Venture Global has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.15%. Given Venture Global's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Venture Global 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) 0.00Venture Global 0 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 8 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.62 Is ELPC or VG a better dividend stock? Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Venture Global pays an annual dividend of $0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel pays out 50.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ELPC or VG? Venture Global has higher revenue and earnings than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCompanhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel$4.20B2.11$759.71M$0.7111.66Venture Global$4.97B6.53$1.75BN/AN/A Does the media refer more to ELPC or VG? In the previous week, Venture Global had 9 more articles in the media than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Venture Global and 1 mentions for Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel. Venture Global's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel's score of 0.26 indicating that Venture Global 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) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Venture Global 4 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is ELPC or VG more profitable? Venture Global has a net margin of 18.89% compared to Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel's net margin of 0.00%. Venture Global's return on equity of 22.45% beat Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Companhia Paranaense de Energia - CopelN/A N/A N/A Venture Global 18.89%22.45%3.73% SummaryVenture Global beats Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel on 12 of the 13 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$8.86B$25.48B$16.99B$21.09BDividend Yield4.30%3.73%5.46%3.55%P/E Ratio11.6619.2315.4528.89Price / Sales2.113.93359.0353.01Price / CashN/A9.0719.3418.23Price / BookN/A2.232.174.69Net Income$759.71M$1.43B$751.26M$995.89M7 Day Performance1.47%0.07%0.37%1.91%1 Month Performance6.70%-1.49%0.06%1.73%1 Year Performance18.62%12.59%309.80%10.20% 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$8.28+0.2%N/A+18.0%$8.86B$4.20B11.666,320News CoverageVGVenture Global4.7015 of 5 stars$12.27-0.9%$17.00+38.5%N/A$29.69B$4.97B0.001,500Positive NewsAnalyst UpgradeCQPCheniere Energy Partners1.7216 of 5 stars$53.11-1.7%$54.60+2.8%N/A$25.71B$9.96B12.891,714FTSFortis4.6879 of 5 stars$50.24-0.6%$72.00+43.3%+15.0%$25.30B$11.87B20.689,848KEPKorea Electric Power1.3176 of 5 stars$13.39-3.8%N/A+76.6%$17.19B$68.46B4.5948,440EBRCentrais El�tricas Brasileiras2.8026 of 5 stars$7.58-3.5%N/A+2.5%$17.05B$7.45B14.577,710Positive NewsLNTAlliant Energy3.8803 of 5 stars$66.02+2.5%$65.50-0.8%+15.4%$16.97B$3.98B20.382,998News CoveragePositive NewsTLNTalen Energy1.1838 of 5 stars$368.16-2.3%$297.50-19.2%N/A$16.82B$2.12B104.291,894Positive NewsEVRGEvergy2.6177 of 5 stars$72.50+1.5%$74.44+2.7%+23.5%$16.69B$5.85B19.924,731Positive NewsEx-DividendWESWestern Midstream Partners1.6727 of 5 stars$38.27+0.3%$39.80+4.0%+0.5%$14.59B$3.67B11.771,511Positive NewsSBSCompanhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp1.8484 of 5 stars$20.96-4.6%N/A+24.3%$14.32B$6.70B7.2510,552News CoveragePositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies VG Alternatives CQP Alternatives FTS Alternatives KEP Alternatives EBR Alternatives LNT Alternatives TLN Alternatives EVRG Alternatives WES Alternatives SBS 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 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAlex’s “Next Magnificent Seven” stocksThe original “Magnificent Seven” turned $7K into $1.18 million. 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