Ultrapar Participações (UGP) Competitors

Evergy (NYSE:EVRG) and Ultrapar Participações (NYSE:UGP) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Does the media refer more to EVRG or UGP?

In the previous week, Evergy had 50 more articles in the media than Ultrapar Participações. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Evergy and 6 mentions for Ultrapar Participações. Evergy's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Ultrapar Participações' score of -0.17 indicating that Evergy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Evergy	12 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	30 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ultrapar Participações	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, EVRG or UGP?

Evergy has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ultrapar Participações has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EVRG or UGP a better dividend stock?

Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Ultrapar Participações pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Evergy pays out 69.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ultrapar Participações pays out 17.4% 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. Evergy has raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years. Evergy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, EVRG or UGP?

Evergy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ultrapar Participações. Ultrapar Participações is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evergy, 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
Evergy	$5.51B	2.66	$731.30M	$3.70	17.23
Ultrapar Participações	$25.25B	0.15	$488.69M	$0.46	7.39

Do institutionals & insiders believe in EVRG or UGP?

87.2% of Evergy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.6% of Ultrapar Participações shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Evergy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Ultrapar Participações shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EVRG or UGP?

Ultrapar Participações received 191 more outperform votes than Evergy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.95% of users gave Ultrapar Participações an outperform vote while only 59.45% of users gave Evergy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Evergy	Outperform Votes 129 59.45%	Underperform Votes 88 40.55%
Ultrapar Participações	Outperform Votes 320 60.95%	Underperform Votes 205 39.05%

Do analysts rate EVRG or UGP?

Evergy currently has a consensus target price of $61.88, indicating a potential downside of 2.96%. Ultrapar Participações has a consensus target price of $5.20, indicating a potential upside of 52.94%. Given Ultrapar Participações' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ultrapar Participações is more favorable than Evergy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Evergy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Ultrapar Participações	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Is EVRG or UGP more profitable?

Evergy has a net margin of 14.77% compared to Ultrapar Participações' net margin of 2.00%. Ultrapar Participações' return on equity of 17.90% beat Evergy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Evergy	14.77%	8.77%	2.72%
Ultrapar Participações	2.00%	17.90%	6.84%

Summary

Evergy beats Ultrapar Participações on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.