ELPC vs. CQP, FTS, VG, EBR, EVRG, LNT, WES, SBS, WTRG, and KEP
Should you be buying Companhia Paranaense de Energia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Companhia Paranaense de Energia include Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Fortis (FTS), Venture Global (VG), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Evergy (EVRG), Alliant Energy (LNT), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS), Essential Utilities (WTRG), and Korea Electric Power (KEP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia vs.
Cheniere Energy Partners (NYSE:CQP) and Companhia Paranaense de Energia (NYSE:ELPC) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, Cheniere Energy Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Companhia Paranaense de Energia. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Cheniere Energy Partners and 4 mentions for Companhia Paranaense de Energia. Cheniere Energy Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Companhia Paranaense de Energia's score of 0.14 indicating that Cheniere Energy Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cheniere Energy Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Companhia Paranaense de Energia pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Cheniere Energy Partners pays out 72.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Companhia Paranaense de Energia pays out 32.9% 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.
Cheniere Energy Partners has a net margin of 28.84% compared to Companhia Paranaense de Energia's net margin of 0.00%. Companhia Paranaense de Energia's return on equity of 0.00% beat Cheniere Energy Partners' return on equity.
Cheniere Energy Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Companhia Paranaense de Energia. Companhia Paranaense de Energia 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.
Cheniere Energy Partners and Companhia Paranaense de Energia both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.
Cheniere Energy Partners currently has a consensus price target of $51.50, indicating a potential downside of 13.30%. Given Cheniere Energy Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cheniere Energy Partners is more favorable than Companhia Paranaense de Energia.
Cheniere Energy Partners has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia Paranaense de Energia has a beta of -0.31, meaning that its share price is 131% less volatile than the S&P 500.
46.5% of Cheniere Energy Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Cheniere Energy Partners beats Companhia Paranaense de Energia on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Companhia Paranaense de Energia 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.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (NYSE:ELPC) was last updated on 4/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
Buy ELPC Stock Free ELPC Stock Alerts