PAM vs. TAC, PNM, OTTR, KEN, BKH, HE, ELP, EDN, ENIC, and AQN
Should you be buying Pampa Energía stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pampa Energía include TransAlta (TAC), PNM Resources (PNM), Otter Tail (OTTR), Kenon (KEN), Black Hills (BKH), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (EDN), 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 valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
Pampa Energía received 13 more outperform votes than TransAlta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.04% of users gave Pampa Energía an outperform vote while only 54.90% of users gave TransAlta an outperform vote.
Pampa Energía has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TransAlta has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pampa Energía presently has a consensus target price of $41.33, suggesting a potential downside of 13.69%. Given Pampa Energía's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Pampa Energía is more favorable than TransAlta.
In the previous week, Pampa Energía and Pampa Energía both had 1 articles in the media. Pampa Energía's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat TransAlta's score of 0.67 indicating that Pampa Energía is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of TransAlta shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Pampa Energía has a net margin of 25.16% compared to TransAlta's net margin of 18.70%. TransAlta's return on equity of 45.47% beat Pampa Energía's return on equity.
Summary
Pampa Energía beats TransAlta on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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