ELPC vs. VST, CQP, FTS, EBR, LNT, WES, EVRG, AGR, SBS, and WTRG
Should you be buying Companhia Paranaense de Energia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Companhia Paranaense de Energia include Vistra (VST), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Fortis (FTS), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Alliant Energy (LNT), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Evergy (EVRG), Avangrid (AGR), Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS), and Essential Utilities (WTRG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Vistra (NYSE:VST) and Companhia Paranaense de Energia (NYSE:ELPC) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.
Vistra received 291 more outperform votes than Companhia Paranaense de Energia when rated by MarketBeat users.
Vistra currently has a consensus target price of $87.83, indicating a potential upside of 19.18%. Given Vistra's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vistra is more favorable than Companhia Paranaense de Energia.
Vistra pays an annual dividend of $0.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Companhia Paranaense de Energia pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Vistra pays out 53.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
90.9% of Vistra shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Vistra shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vistra has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Companhia Paranaense de Energia.
Vistra has a net margin of 4.61% compared to Companhia Paranaense de Energia's net margin of 0.00%. Vistra's return on equity of 21.05% beat Companhia Paranaense de Energia's return on equity.
In the previous week, Vistra had 11 more articles in the media than Companhia Paranaense de Energia. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Vistra and 1 mentions for Companhia Paranaense de Energia. Companhia Paranaense de Energia's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Vistra's score of 0.85 indicating that Companhia Paranaense de Energia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Vistra beats Companhia Paranaense de Energia on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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