Pampa Energía (PAM) Competitors

Pampa Energía (NYSE:PAM) and Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.

Is PAM or LNT more profitable?

Pampa Energía has a net margin of 19.86% compared to Alliant Energy's net margin of 17.33%. Pampa Energía's return on equity of 12.15% beat Alliant Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pampa Energía	19.86%	12.15%	6.57%
Alliant Energy	17.33%	11.39%	3.55%

Which has more risk & volatility, PAM or LNT?

Pampa Energía has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PAM or LNT?

12.8% of Pampa Energía shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.5% of Pampa Energía shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend PAM or LNT?

Pampa Energía presently has a consensus target price of $71.63, suggesting a potential downside of 6.11%. Alliant Energy has a consensus target price of $63.25, suggesting a potential downside of 4.22%. Given Alliant Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alliant Energy is more favorable than Pampa Energía.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pampa Energía	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Alliant Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Which has better earnings and valuation, PAM or LNT?

Alliant Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pampa Energía. Pampa Energía is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alliant Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pampa Energía	$2.35T	0.00	$302M	$6.50	11.74
Alliant Energy	$3.98B	4.26	$703M	$2.69	24.55

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PAM or LNT?

Pampa Energía received 269 more outperform votes than Alliant Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.04% of users gave Pampa Energía an outperform vote while only 35.29% of users gave Alliant Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pampa Energía	Outperform Votes 299 60.04%	Underperform Votes 199 39.96%
Alliant Energy	Outperform Votes 30 35.29%	Underperform Votes 55 64.71%

Does the media favor PAM or LNT?

In the previous week, Alliant Energy had 13 more articles in the media than Pampa Energía. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Alliant Energy and 2 mentions for Pampa Energía. Alliant Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Pampa Energía's score of 0.50 indicating that Alliant Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pampa Energía	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alliant Energy	8 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Pampa Energía and Alliant Energy tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.