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Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL is an utilities-diversified business based in the US. Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL shares (ELP) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL employs 6,832 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$18.6 billion.
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52-week range | USD$0.8418 - USD$1.4432 |
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50-day moving average | USD$5.7614 |
200-day moving average | USD$10.7896 |
Wall St. target price | USD$1.46 |
PE ratio | 4.5181 |
Dividend yield | USD$0.969 (85.75%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$0.249 |
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Valuing Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 5x. In other words, Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL shares trade at around 5x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.79. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$5 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Revenue TTM | USD$18.6 billion |
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Operating margin TTM | 21.79% |
Gross profit TTM | USD$4.6 billion |
Return on assets TTM | 5.96% |
Return on equity TTM | 20.26% |
Profit margin | 20.95% |
Book value | $7.294 |
Market capitalisation | USD$30.8 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
There are currently 58.0 million Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL shares held short by investors – that's known as Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL's "short interest". This figure is 12.8% down from 66.6 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL shares can be evaluated.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL shares traded daily (recently around 14.3 million). Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL's SIR currently stands at 4.07. In other words for every 100,000 Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4070 shares are currently held short.
However Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL shares, or, against the total number of tradable Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL shares, roughly 0 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL.
Find out more about how you can short Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL stock.
Dividend payout ratio: 5.9% of net profits
Recently Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL has paid out, on average, around 5.9% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 8.64% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL shareholders could enjoy a 8.64% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL's case, that would currently equate to about $0.969 per share.
While Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL is investing more in its future growth.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL's most recent dividend payout was on 9 May 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 31 March 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL's shares were split on a 10:1 basis on 17 March 2021. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 10 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 90% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL shares which in turn could have impacted Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0.8418 up to $1.4432. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL's is 0.6629. This would suggest that Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
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.
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