CEPU vs. CIG, IDA, ORA, POR, AQN, ENIC, ELP, BKH, OTTR, and PNM
Should you be buying Central Puerto stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Central Puerto include CEMIG (CIG), IDACORP (IDA), Ormat Technologies (ORA), Portland General Electric (POR), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Enel Chile (ENIC), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), Black Hills (BKH), Otter Tail (OTTR), and PNM Resources (PNM). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Central Puerto (NYSE:CEPU) and CEMIG (NYSE:CIG) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Central Puerto's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled CEMIG'saverage media sentiment score.
3.0% of Central Puerto shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Central Puerto shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Central Puerto has a net margin of 54.47% compared to CEMIG's net margin of 14.81%. CEMIG's return on equity of 22.80% beat Central Puerto's return on equity.
Central Puerto has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CEMIG has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Central Puerto currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.26%. CEMIG has a consensus target price of $2.12, indicating a potential upside of 13.91%. Given CEMIG's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CEMIG is more favorable than Central Puerto.
Central Puerto pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. CEMIG pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. Central Puerto pays out 7.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CEMIG pays out 45.0% 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.
CEMIG received 124 more outperform votes than Central Puerto when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.37% of users gave CEMIG an outperform vote while only 56.60% of users gave Central Puerto an outperform vote.
CEMIG has higher revenue and earnings than Central Puerto. Central Puerto is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CEMIG, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CEMIG beats Central Puerto on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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