PAM vs. KEP, PNW, BEP, OGE, BEPC, CWEN, CIG, IDA, POR, and ORA
Should you be buying Pampa Energía stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pampa Energía include Korea Electric Power (KEP), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), OGE Energy (OGE), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Clearway Energy (CWEN), CEMIG (CIG), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR), and Ormat Technologies (ORA). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Pampa Energía (NYSE:PAM) and Korea Electric Power (NYSE:KEP) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
Pampa Energía presently has a consensus price target of $48.17, indicating a potential downside of 2.40%. Given Pampa Energía's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Pampa Energía is more favorable than Korea Electric Power.
Pampa Energía has a net margin of 25.16% compared to Korea Electric Power's net margin of -5.65%. Pampa Energía's return on equity of 14.99% beat Korea Electric Power's return on equity.
Pampa Energía has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Korea Electric Power has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Pampa Energía had 5 more articles in the media than Korea Electric Power. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Pampa Energía and 0 mentions for Korea Electric Power. Pampa Energía's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Korea Electric Power's score of 0.00 indicating that Pampa Energía is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pampa Energía received 60 more outperform votes than Korea Electric Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.54% of users gave Pampa Energía an outperform vote while only 55.48% of users gave Korea Electric Power an outperform vote.
12.8% of Pampa Energía shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.5% of Pampa Energía shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Korea Electric Power shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Pampa Energía has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Korea Electric Power. Korea Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pampa Energía, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Pampa Energía beats Korea Electric Power on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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