Pampa Energía (PAM) Competitors

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (NYSE:EBR) and Pampa Energía (NYSE:PAM) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

Which has more risk & volatility, EBR or PAM?

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pampa Energía has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EBR or PAM?

Pampa Energía received 137 more outperform votes than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.04% of users gave Pampa Energía an outperform vote while only 58.70% of users gave Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	Outperform Votes 162 58.70%	Underperform Votes 114 41.30%
Pampa Energía	Outperform Votes 299 60.04%	Underperform Votes 199 39.96%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, EBR or PAM?

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has higher revenue and earnings than Pampa Energía. Pampa Energía is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás, 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
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	$40.18B	0.43	$977.82M	$0.82	9.30
Pampa Energía	$1.88B	2.21	$302M	$11.30	6.74

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

2.6% of Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.8% of Pampa Energía shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.5% of Pampa Energía shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is EBR or PAM more profitable?

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a net margin of 26.50% compared to Pampa Energía's net margin of 19.86%. Pampa Energía's return on equity of 12.15% beat Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	26.50%	9.00%	3.82%
Pampa Energía	19.86%	12.15%	6.57%

Do analysts recommend EBR or PAM?

Pampa Energía has a consensus target price of $71.63, suggesting a potential downside of 5.89%. Given Pampa Energía's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pampa Energía is more favorable than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
Pampa Energía	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the media prefer EBR or PAM?

In the previous week, Pampa Energía had 1 more articles in the media than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pampa Energía and 3 mentions for Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Pampa Energía's score of 1.36 indicating that Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Pampa Energía	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Pampa Energía beats Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.