Reviewing Oklo (NYSE:OKLO) and Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras (NYSE:EBR)

Oklo (NYSE:OKLO) and Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras (NYSE:EBR) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

85.0% of Oklo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.6% of Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.9% of Oklo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Oklo has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Oklo and Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oklo	0	2	5	1	2.88
Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras	0	0	0	1	4.00

Oklo presently has a consensus price target of $56.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.02%. Given Oklo’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Oklo is more favorable than Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras.

Profitability

This table compares Oklo and Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oklo	N/A	-22.57%	-20.19%
Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras	23.69%	8.14%	3.46%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Oklo and Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oklo	N/A	N/A	-$73.62 million	($5.41)	-11.50
Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras	$7.45 billion	2.23	$1.92 billion	$0.76	9.73

Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras has higher revenue and earnings than Oklo. Oklo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras beats Oklo on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Oklo

Oklo Inc. designs and develops fission power plants to provide reliable and commercial-scale energy to customers in the United States. It also provides used nuclear fuel recycling services. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

About Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. – Eletrobrás, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and commercialization of electricity in Brazil. The company generates electricity through hydroelectric, thermoelectric, nuclear, wind, and solar plants. As of December 31, 2023, it owned and operated 44 hydroelectric plants with a total capacity of 42,293.5 megawatt (MW); 5 thermal plants, including coal and gas power generation units with a total installed capacity of 1,632 MW; and two nuclear power plants comprising Angra 1 with an installed capacity of 657 MW and Angra 2 with an installed capacity of 1350 MW. It also owns and operates 66,539.17 kilometers of transmission lines. The company was incorporated in 1962 and is based in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.