Comparing Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel (ELPC) and Its Competitors

Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel (NYSE:ELPC) is one of 105 publicly-traded companies in the “Electric Utilities” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel	N/A	N/A	N/A
Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel Competitors	13.95%	9.59%	3.17%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel	0	1	1	2	3.25
Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel Competitors	1425	6530	5507	145	2.32

Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel presently has a consensus target price of $10.40, indicating a potential downside of 1.34%. As a group, “Electric Utilities” companies have a potential upside of 5.02%. Given Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel’s peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel	$4.68 billion	N/A	15.06
Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel Competitors	$14.17 billion	$1.54 billion	20.41

Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel. Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Volatility & Risk

Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel has a beta of -0.11, indicating that its stock price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel’s peers have a beta of -2.21, indicating that their average stock price is 321% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

60.0% of shares of all “Electric Utilities” companies are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of shares of all “Electric Utilities” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel pays out 85.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Electric Utilities” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.2% and pay out 64.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel peers beat Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel on 10 of the 14 factors compared.

Companhia Paranaense de Energia – Copel Company Profile

Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL engages in the generation, transformation, distribution, and sale of electricity to industrial, residential, commercial, rural, and other customers in Brazil. The company operates through Power Generation and Transmission, Power Distribution, GAS, Power Sale, and Holding and Services segments. It is also involved in the piped natural gas distribution. The company operates hydroelectric, wind, and thermoelectric plants; and owns and operates transmission and distribution lines. It holds concessions to distribute electricity in municipalities in the State of Paraná and in the municipality of Porto União in the State of Santa Catarina. Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Curitiba, Brazil.