EBR vs. AEP, D, VST, EIX, DTE, ETR, FE, PPL, ES, and FTS
Should you be buying Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás include American Electric Power (AEP), Dominion Energy (D), Vistra (VST), Edison International (EIX), DTE Energy (DTE), Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), PPL (PPL), Eversource Energy (ES), and Fortis (FTS). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (NYSE:EBR) and American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
American Electric Power has a net margin of 14.60% compared to Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' net margin of 12.98%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 11.23% beat Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' return on equity.
6.5% of Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Electric Power has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás received 79 more outperform votes than American Electric Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.02% of users gave Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás an outperform vote while only 55.71% of users gave American Electric Power an outperform vote.
American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $88.64, suggesting a potential downside of 1.78%. Given American Electric Power's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Electric Power is more favorable than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás.
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. American Electric Power pays out 65.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
American Electric Power has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 10 more articles in the media than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for American Electric Power and 2 mentions for Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' score of 0.50 indicating that American Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
American Electric Power beats Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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