ENIC vs. AQN, ELP, POR, BKH, OTTR, IDA, PNM, PAM, BEP, and TAC
Should you be buying Enel Chile stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enel Chile include Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), Portland General Electric (POR), Black Hills (BKH), Otter Tail (OTTR), IDACORP (IDA), PNM Resources (PNM), Pampa Energía (PAM), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), and TransAlta (TAC). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Enel Chile (NYSE:ENIC) and Algonquin Power & Utilities (NYSE:AQN) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Enel Chile has higher revenue and earnings than Algonquin Power & Utilities. Enel Chile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Algonquin Power & Utilities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Algonquin Power & Utilities received 84 more outperform votes than Enel Chile when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.37% of users gave Enel Chile an outperform vote while only 55.48% of users gave Algonquin Power & Utilities an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Algonquin Power & Utilities had 11 more articles in the media than Enel Chile. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Algonquin Power & Utilities and 3 mentions for Enel Chile. Algonquin Power & Utilities' average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Enel Chile's score of 0.20 indicating that Algonquin Power & Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Enel Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Algonquin Power & Utilities pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Enel Chile pays out 55.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Algonquin Power & Utilities pays out 1,433.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Enel Chile is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Enel Chile has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Algonquin Power & Utilities has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
3.2% of Enel Chile shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.3% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Enel Chile has a net margin of 15.66% compared to Algonquin Power & Utilities' net margin of 1.06%. Enel Chile's return on equity of 51.15% beat Algonquin Power & Utilities' return on equity.
Algonquin Power & Utilities has a consensus target price of $7.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.78%. Given Algonquin Power & Utilities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Algonquin Power & Utilities is more favorable than Enel Chile.
Summary
Enel Chile and Algonquin Power & Utilities tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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