Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELPC) Competitors

Companhia Paranaense de Energia (NYSE:ELPC) and Fortis (NYSE:FTS) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is ELPC or FTS a better dividend stock?

Companhia Paranaense de Energia pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Fortis pays an annual dividend of $1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Fortis pays out 76.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is ELPC or FTS more profitable?

Fortis has a net margin of 14.06% compared to Companhia Paranaense de Energia's net margin of 0.00%. Fortis' return on equity of 7.01% beat Companhia Paranaense de Energia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Companhia Paranaense de Energia	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fortis	14.06%	7.01%	2.32%

Which has better valuation & earnings, ELPC or FTS?

Fortis has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Companhia Paranaense de Energia.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Companhia Paranaense de Energia	$22.20B	0.26	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fortis	$11.44B	1.81	$1.17B	$2.38	17.52

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ELPC or FTS?

Fortis received 279 more outperform votes than Companhia Paranaense de Energia when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Companhia Paranaense de Energia	N/A	N/A
Fortis	Outperform Votes 279 52.64%	Underperform Votes 251 47.36%

Do analysts rate ELPC or FTS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Companhia Paranaense de Energia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Fortis	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.33

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ELPC or FTS?

57.8% of Fortis shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor ELPC or FTS?

In the previous week, Companhia Paranaense de Energia had 4 more articles in the media than Fortis. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Companhia Paranaense de Energia and 2 mentions for Fortis. Companhia Paranaense de Energia's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Fortis' score of 0.33 indicating that Companhia Paranaense de Energia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Companhia Paranaense de Energia	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fortis	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Fortis beats Companhia Paranaense de Energia on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.