Reviewing Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL (NYSE:ELP) and ENEVA S A/S (OTCMKTS:ENEVY)

ENEVA S A/S (OTCMKTS:ENEVY – Get Rating) and Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL (NYSE:ELP – Get Rating) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Risk & Volatility

ENEVA S A/S has a beta of -28.9, suggesting that its share price is 2,990% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares ENEVA S A/S and Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ENEVA S A/S	28.38%	15.15%	7.51%
Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL	10.78%	9.93%	4.38%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares ENEVA S A/S and Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ENEVA S A/S	$856.12 million	2.25	$242.92 million	N/A	N/A
Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL	$8.89 billion	0.40	$917.71 million	$0.32	20.38

Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL has higher revenue and earnings than ENEVA S A/S.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for ENEVA S A/S and Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ENEVA S A/S	0	0	0	0	N/A
Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL	0	0	0	0	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

4.5% of Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL shares are owned by institutional investors. 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.

Summary

Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL beats ENEVA S A/S on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ENEVA S A/S

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Eneva S.A., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated energy company in Brazil. It generates electricity through coal, natural gas, hydro, and solar energy. The company has an operational installed capacity of 2.2 GWs. It also engages in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas; and energy trading activities. The company was formerly known as MPX Energia S.A. and changed its name to Eneva S.A. in October 2013. Eneva S.A. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

About Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL

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Companhia Paranaense de Energia engages in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity. It operates through the following segments: Power Generation and Transmission (GET), Power Distribution (DIS), Telecommunications (TEL), GAS, Power Sale (COM), and Holding Company (HOL). The GET segment include production of electricity from hydraulic, wind, and thermal projects (GER) and also provides services of transmission and transformation of electric power. The DIS segment comprises public electricity distribution services. The TEL segment offers telecommunications and general communication services. The GAS segment encompasses public service of piped natural gas distribution. The HOL segment participate in other companies. The company was founded on October 26, 1954 and is headquartered in Curitiba, Brazil.