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KEN vs. ELPC, BEP, KNTK, CWEN, TXNM, CIG, ELP, BEPC, BIPC, and AQN

Should you be buying Kenon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kenon include Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel (ELPC), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), Kinetik (KNTK), Clearway Energy (CWEN), TXNM Energy (TXNM), Comp En De Mn Cemig ADS (CIG), Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) (ELP), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), and Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Kenon vs. Its Competitors

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel (NYSE:ELPC) and Kenon (NYSE:KEN) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Kenon pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel pays out 50.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kenon pays out 150.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kenon has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Kenon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel has a beta of -0.09, meaning that its stock price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kenon has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

13.4% of Kenon shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Kenon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Kenon has a net margin of 79.14% 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 Kenon's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - CopelN/A N/A N/A
Kenon 79.14%-2.64%-1.51%

In the previous week, Kenon had 2 more articles in the media than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Kenon and 1 mentions for Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Kenon's score of 0.71 indicating that Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel Positive
Kenon Positive

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel has higher revenue and earnings than Kenon. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kenon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel$4.20B2.13$759.71M$0.7111.80
Kenon$751.30M2.99$597.67M$3.2013.44

Summary

Kenon beats Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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.
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KEN vs. The Competition

MetricKenonUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.24B$25.48B$16.30B$20.70B
Dividend Yield11.18%3.67%5.43%3.67%
P/E Ratio13.4419.3116.3928.45
Price / Sales2.994.26168.5956.07
Price / Cash21.088.9919.1023.21
Price / Book0.872.292.124.33
Net Income$597.67M$1.43B$751.46M$996.14M
7 Day Performance-8.08%9.64%2.76%1.98%
1 Month Performance-6.41%1.19%12.77%-0.84%
1 Year Performance74.68%16.93%136.00%14.36%

Kenon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KEN
Kenon
1.7977 of 5 stars
$43.01
+0.2%
N/A+77.5%$2.24B$751.30M13.44230
ELPC
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel
N/A$8.00
+0.3%
N/A+29.7%$8.52B$4.20B11.426,320Positive News
Earnings Report
BEP
Brookfield Renewable Partners
3.456 of 5 stars
$26.25
+1.6%
$29.89
+13.9%
+1.3%$7.33B$5.88B-27.635,270Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
KNTK
Kinetik
3.4868 of 5 stars
$43.09
+0.7%
$55.56
+28.9%
-0.5%$6.76B$1.48B45.36200Earnings Report
CWEN
Clearway Energy
3.2435 of 5 stars
$32.68
+0.9%
$36.40
+11.4%
+6.1%$6.55B$1.37B40.8560Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
TXNM
TXNM Energy
1.3126 of 5 stars
$57.08
+0.7%
$54.86
-3.9%
+40.3%$5.97B$1.97B29.421,695Earnings Report
CIG
Comp En De Mn Cemig ADS
N/A$1.82
-0.3%
N/A+1.9%$5.21B$7.38B3.915,028Upcoming Earnings
ELP
Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL)
1.5603 of 5 stars
$8.66
-0.2%
N/A+26.8%$5.16B$4.20B50.914,396News Coverage
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
BEPC
Brookfield Renewable
3.4427 of 5 stars
$34.43
+1.7%
$33.67
-2.2%
+21.4%$4.91B$5.88B-38.691,890Positive News
Dividend Announcement
BIPC
Brookfield Infrastructure
1.223 of 5 stars
$39.11
+1.8%
N/A+8.3%$4.66B$3.69B27.161,700Positive News
Dividend Announcement
AQN
Algonquin Power & Utilities
4.2866 of 5 stars
$6.01
+1.8%
$6.31
+5.1%
-8.2%$4.53B$2.32B-3.873,786Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:KEN) was last updated on 8/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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