How Companhia Paranaense de Energia stacks up

ELPC · against 92 other Utilities companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

16/ 100

Near the bottom of its peers.

Ranked #81 of 93 · scores higher than 13% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

7 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including ELPC · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 16?

Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.

Mainly because of its operating margin and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Utilities peers.

a thinner operating margin: weaker than 96% of peers. Operating margin: -2.4% vs peer median 18.6%
a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 95% of peers. Return on invested capital: -2.4% vs peer median 5.2%
a higher return on assets: stronger than 80% of peers. Return on assets: 4.4% vs peer median 2.7%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = ELPC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	ELPC	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 90 reported	-2.4%	5.1%	7%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 91 reported	-2.4%	21.3%	4%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 92 reported	4.4%	2.6%	86%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 91 reported	12.8%	9.3%	83%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 94 reported	20.4%	43.6%	14%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around ELPC

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESPSBS · US-listed	15.5B USD	99	72
2	Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais - CEMIGCIG · US-listed	5.1B USD	96	75
3	Central Puerto S.A.CEPU · US-listed	1.5B USD	94	93
4	Enlight Renewable Energy LtdENLT · US-listed	9.1B USD	93	52
5	AXIA EnergiaAXIA · US-listed	23.3B USD	90	78
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76	PG&E CorporationPCG · US-listed	39.9B USD	24	54
76	SempraSRE · US-listed	55.8B USD	24	34
79	Centuri Holdings, Inc.CTRI · US-listed	2.2B USD	18	48
80	Hallador Energy CompanyHNRG · US-listed	502M USD	17	42
81	Companhia Paranaense de EnergiaELPC · US-listed	7.6B USD	16	46
82	Clearway Energy, Inc.CWEN · US-listed	8.5B USD	15	34
82	Kenon Holdings Ltd.KEN · US-listed	3.4B USD	15	43
82	ReNew Energy Global PlcRNW · US-listed	2.5B USD	15	41
85	Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P.BEP · US-listed	14.7B USD	13	27

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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