CEPU vs. ENLT, RNW, AY, AMPS, NEP, ALCC, ORA, CWEN, BEPC, and GLP
Should you be buying Central Puerto stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Central Puerto include Enlight Renewable Energy (ENLT), ReNew Energy Global (RNW), Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure (AY), Altus Power (AMPS), NextEra Energy Partners (NEP), AltC Acquisition (ALCC), Ormat Technologies (ORA), Clearway Energy (CWEN), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), and Global Partners (GLP). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Central Puerto (NYSE:CEPU) and Enlight Renewable Energy (NASDAQ:ENLT) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
Central Puerto has higher revenue and earnings than Enlight Renewable Energy. Central Puerto is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enlight Renewable Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Central Puerto currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential downside of 22.78%. Enlight Renewable Energy has a consensus target price of $18.75, suggesting a potential upside of 2.35%. Given Enlight Renewable Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Enlight Renewable Energy is more favorable than Central Puerto.
3.0% of Central Puerto shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.9% of Enlight Renewable Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Central Puerto shares are owned by company 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.
Central Puerto has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enlight Renewable Energy has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Central Puerto received 109 more outperform votes than Enlight Renewable Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.57% of users gave Enlight Renewable Energy an outperform vote while only 56.60% of users gave Central Puerto an outperform vote.
Central Puerto has a net margin of 54.47% compared to Enlight Renewable Energy's net margin of 23.15%. Central Puerto's return on equity of 20.63% beat Enlight Renewable Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Enlight Renewable Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Central Puerto. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Enlight Renewable Energy and 4 mentions for Central Puerto. Central Puerto's average media sentiment score of 0.06 beat Enlight Renewable Energy's score of -0.29 indicating that Central Puerto is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Central Puerto and Enlight Renewable Energy tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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