PAM vs. PNW, BEP, OGE, BEPC, CIG, CWEN, IDA, AQN, POR, and ORA
Should you be buying Pampa Energía stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pampa Energía include Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), OGE Energy (OGE), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), CEMIG (CIG), Clearway Energy (CWEN), IDACORP (IDA), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Portland General Electric (POR), and Ormat Technologies (ORA). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Pampa Energía (NYSE:PAM) and Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.
Pampa Energía has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pinnacle West Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Pampa Energía. Pampa Energía is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinnacle West Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pinnacle West Capital received 92 more outperform votes than Pampa Energía when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.54% of users gave Pampa Energía an outperform vote while only 42.08% of users gave Pinnacle West Capital an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Pinnacle West Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Pampa Energía. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital and 5 mentions for Pampa Energía. Pinnacle West Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Pampa Energía's score of 0.87 indicating that Pinnacle West Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pampa Energía has a net margin of 25.16% compared to Pinnacle West Capital's net margin of 11.09%. Pampa Energía's return on equity of 14.99% beat Pinnacle West Capital's return on equity.
Pampa Energía currently has a consensus price target of $48.17, indicating a potential downside of 2.40%. Pinnacle West Capital has a consensus price target of $74.58, indicating a potential downside of 5.42%. Given Pampa Energía's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Pampa Energía is more favorable than Pinnacle West Capital.
12.8% of Pampa Energía shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.5% of Pampa Energía shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital 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
Pampa Energía and Pinnacle West Capital tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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