Financial Contrast: Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL (NYSE:ELP) versus Hallador Energy (NASDAQ:HNRG)

Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL (NYSE:ELP) and Hallador Energy (NASDAQ:HNRG) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

3.8% of Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of Hallador Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.3% of Hallador Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL and Hallador Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL	0	0	0	0	0.00
Hallador Energy	0	0	1	0	3.00

Hallador Energy has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.99%. Given Hallador Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hallador Energy is more favorable than Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL.

Risk & Volatility

Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hallador Energy has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL and Hallador Energy”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 – COPEL	$4.30 billion	0.82	$452.44 million	N/A	N/A
Hallador Energy	$634.48 million	0.88	$44.79 million	($0.55)	-23.87

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL	14.20%	11.88%	5.26%
Hallador Energy	-4.85%	-6.88%	-3.38%

About Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL

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, Power Sale, and Gas 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.Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL Operates as a subsidiary of Governo Do Estado Do Parana.

About Hallador Energy

Hallador Energy Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the production of steam coal in the State of Indiana for the electric power generation industry. The company owns the Oaktown Mine 1 and Oaktown Mine 2 underground mines in Oaktown; Freelandville Center Pit surface mine in Freelandville; and Prosperity Surface mine in Petersburg, Indiana. It is also involved in gas exploration activities in Indiana; and operation of logistics transport facility. Hallador Energy Company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Terre Haute, Indiana.