Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR) Competitors

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (NYSE:EBR) and CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the media prefer EBR or CNP?

In the previous week, CenterPoint Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for CenterPoint Energy and 4 mentions for Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás. CenterPoint Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' score of 0.38 indicating that CenterPoint Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CenterPoint Energy	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is EBR or CNP a better dividend stock?

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. CenterPoint Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. CenterPoint Energy pays out 56.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EBR or CNP?

CenterPoint Energy received 292 more outperform votes than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.02% of users gave Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás an outperform vote while only 56.20% of users gave CenterPoint Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	Outperform Votes 157 59.02%	Underperform Votes 109 40.98%
CenterPoint Energy	Outperform Votes 449 56.20%	Underperform Votes 350 43.80%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in EBR or CNP?

6.5% of Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of CenterPoint Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of CenterPoint Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, EBR or CNP?

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CenterPoint Energy has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, EBR or CNP?

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has higher revenue and earnings than CenterPoint Energy.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	$37.16B	0.46	$977.82M	N/A	N/A
CenterPoint Energy	$8.70B	2.18	$917M	$1.42	20.89

Is EBR or CNP more profitable?

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás has a net margin of 13.34% compared to CenterPoint Energy's net margin of 11.03%. CenterPoint Energy's return on equity of 10.57% beat Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	13.34%	4.37%	1.82%
CenterPoint Energy	11.03%	10.57%	2.61%

Do analysts recommend EBR or CNP?

CenterPoint Energy has a consensus target price of $30.18, suggesting a potential upside of 1.76%. Given CenterPoint Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CenterPoint Energy is more favorable than Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
CenterPoint Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Summary

CenterPoint Energy beats Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.