Ultrapar Participações (UGP) Competitors

Ultrapar Participações (NYSE:UGP) and Talen Energy (NASDAQ:TLN) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, UGP or TLN?

Ultrapar Participações has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Talen Energy has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is UGP or TLN more profitable?

Talen Energy has a net margin of 50.48% compared to Ultrapar Participações' net margin of 2.00%. Ultrapar Participações' return on equity of 18.03% beat Talen Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ultrapar Participações	2.00%	18.03%	6.93%
Talen Energy	50.48%	8.59%	3.13%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UGP or TLN?

Ultrapar Participações received 108 more outperform votes than Talen Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.16% of users gave Talen Energy an outperform vote while only 61.02% of users gave Ultrapar Participações an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ultrapar Participações	Outperform Votes 324 61.02%	Underperform Votes 207 38.98%
Talen Energy	Outperform Votes 216 63.16%	Underperform Votes 126 36.84%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, UGP or TLN?

Talen Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ultrapar Participações. Ultrapar Participações is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Talen 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
Ultrapar Participações	$25.25B	0.13	$488.69M	$0.46	6.23
Talen Energy	$2.55B	4.36	$613M	$18.68	11.71

Does the media refer more to UGP or TLN?

In the previous week, Talen Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Ultrapar Participações. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Talen Energy and 1 mentions for Ultrapar Participações. Talen Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Ultrapar Participações' score of 0.84 indicating that Talen Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ultrapar Participações	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Talen Energy	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer UGP or TLN?

Ultrapar Participações presently has a consensus target price of $3.20, suggesting a potential upside of 11.69%. Talen Energy has a consensus target price of $247.10, suggesting a potential upside of 12.93%. Given Talen Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Talen Energy is more favorable than Ultrapar Participações.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ultrapar Participações	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Talen Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of UGP or TLN?

3.6% of Ultrapar Participações shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Talen Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Ultrapar Participações shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Talen Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Talen Energy beats Ultrapar Participações on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.