TAC vs. PAM, HE, KEN, EDN, PNM, OTTR, BKH, ELP, ENIC, and AQN
Should you be buying TransAlta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TransAlta include Pampa Energía (PAM), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), Kenon (KEN), Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (EDN), PNM Resources (PNM), Otter Tail (OTTR), Black Hills (BKH), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), Enel Chile (ENIC), and Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Pampa Energía (NYSE:PAM) and TransAlta (NYSE:TAC) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, TransAlta had 12 more articles in the media than Pampa Energía. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for TransAlta and 2 mentions for Pampa Energía. Pampa Energía's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat TransAlta's score of 0.40 indicating that TransAlta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TransAlta has a net margin of 20.05% compared to TransAlta's net margin of 17.45%. Pampa Energía's return on equity of 48.42% beat TransAlta's return on equity.
TransAlta has higher revenue and earnings than Pampa Energía. TransAlta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pampa Energía, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
12.8% of Pampa Energía shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of TransAlta shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.5% of Pampa Energía shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of TransAlta shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Pampa Energía received 12 more outperform votes than TransAlta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.96% of users gave Pampa Energía an outperform vote while only 54.90% of users gave TransAlta an outperform vote.
Pampa Energía currently has a consensus price target of $41.33, indicating a potential downside of 7.82%. Given TransAlta's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pampa Energía is more favorable than TransAlta.
Pampa Energía has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TransAlta has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Pampa Energía and TransAlta tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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