Contrasting Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL (OTCMKTS:ELPVY) & Companhia Paranaense de Energia (NYSE:ELPC)

Volatility & Risk

Companhia Paranaense de Energia has a beta of -0.31, indicating that its stock price is 131% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Companhia Paranaense de Energia and Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Companhia Paranaense de Energia	$22.65 billion	0.35	$749.00 million	$0.70	10.59
Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL	$3.95 billion	0.90	$504.25 million	N/A	N/A

Companhia Paranaense de Energia has higher revenue and earnings than Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL.

Dividends

Companhia Paranaense de Energia pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Companhia Paranaense de Energia pays out 32.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Companhia Paranaense de Energia	N/A	N/A	N/A
Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL	18.43%	16.92%	7.73%

Summary

Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL beats Companhia Paranaense de Energia on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Companhia Paranaense de Energia

Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL engages in the generation, transformation, distribution, and sale of electricity to industrial, residential, commercial, rural, and other customers in Brazil. The company operates through Power Generation and Transmission, Power Distribution, GAS, Power Sale, and Holding and Services segments. It is also involved in the piped natural gas distribution. The company operates hydroelectric, wind, and thermoelectric plants; and owns and operates transmission and distribution lines. It holds concessions to distribute electricity in municipalities in the State of Paraná and in the municipality of Porto União in the State of Santa Catarina. Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Curitiba, Brazil.

About Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL

Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity to industrial, residential, commercial, rural, and other customers primarily in the State of Paraná, Brazil. As of December 31, 2019, the company operated 19 hydroelectric plants, 25 wind plants, and one thermoelectric plant with a total installed capacity of 5,742.0 megawatts; and owned and operated 3,389 kilometers of transmission lines and 199,952.6 kilometers of distribution lines. It holds concessions to distribute electricity in 399 municipalities in the State of Paraná and in the municipality of Porto União in the State of Santa Catarina. The company also provides telecommunication services to corporate clients, including supermarkets, universities, banks, internet service providers, and television networks, as well as to retail clients; and broadband internet access to public elementary and middle schools. In addition, it supplies piped gas to 47,238 customers, including thermoelectric plants, cogeneration plants, gas stations, other businesses, and residences through a gas distribution network covering 833 kilometers in the State of Paraná. Companhia Paranaense de Energia Â- COPEL was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Curitiba, Brazil.