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Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP) Stock

$9.27 -6.27% NYSE: ELP Utilities

Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) is a Brazilian entity focused on the generation, transformation, distribution, and commercialization of energy. It serves a diverse client base encompassing industrial, residential, commercial, rural, and other customer segments, predominantly within the State of Paraná.

Valuation

MetricValue
Price$9.27
Market Cap$27.53B
P/E Ratio21.71
P/B Ratio1.34
P/S Ratio7.36
EPS (TTM)$0.43
52-Week High$11.23
52-Week Low$5.72
Dividend Yield9.39%

Financials & Margins

MetricValue
ROE6.25%
ROA2.61%
ROCE7.09%
Gross Margin23.68%
Operating Margin19.82%
Net Margin8.57%
Debt/Equity0.82
Current Ratio1.43

Annual Financials (USD)

Metric20202021202220232024
Revenue$18.6B$24.0B$20.5B$21.5B$22.7B
Operating Profit$4.3B$3.7B$943.0M$3.7B$4.1B
Net Profit$3.9B$5.0B$1.1B$2.3B$2.8B
EPS$5.60$5.52$1.80$2.92$3.12
Op Margin23.2%15.6%4.6%17.2%17.9%

Balance Sheet (USD)

Metric20202021202220232024
Total Assets$46.8B$49.5B$49.7B$55.8B$57.4B
Total Liabilities$26.5B$27.4B$28.6B$31.6B$31.7B
Cash$3.2B$3.5B$2.7B$5.6B$4.2B
Borrowings$10.1B$12.0B$12.7B$15.2B$17.6B

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Cash Flow (USD)

Metric20202021202220232024
Operating Cash Flow$764.0M$628.0M$756.0M$3.5B$629.0M
Investing Cash Flow$-367.0M$-57.0M$-611.0M$-3.4B$-1.1B
Financing Cash Flow$-13.0M$-10.0M$-12.0M$-6.0M$-24.0M
Net Cash Flow$-111.0M$3.0M$-116.0M$3.0B$-486.0M
Free Cash Flow$720.0M$565.0M$682.0M$3.3B$604.0M

Valuation & Return Ratios

MetricValue
PEG Ratio-4.18
EV / EBITDA34.97
FCF Yield1.72%
Quick Ratio1.42
Interest Coverage2.93
Return 1Y—
Return 3Y—
Return 5Y—

Peer Comparison

TickerPriceChangeP/EMarket CapDiv Yield
AES $14.84 +0.07% 7.87 $10.58B 4.73%
BIPBrookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. $38.73 +1.52% 51.16 $17.89B 0.00%
BKH $71.21 -1.41% 19.22 $5.42B 3.74%
CIGCompanhia Energética de Minas Gerais $2.16 -0.92% 9.71 $6.18B 0.00%
CIG-CCompanhia Energética de Minas Gerais $3.20 +3.23% 9.71 $9.15B 5.31%

About Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL

Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) is a Brazilian entity focused on the generation, transformation, distribution, and commercialization of energy. It serves a diverse client base encompassing industrial, residential, commercial, rural, and other customer segments, predominantly within the State of Paraná. The company's activities are organized across segments such as Power Generation and Transmission, Power Distribution, Gas, and Power Sales. COPEL also extends its operations to include piped natural gas distribution. As of December 31, 2021, its energy portfolio comprised 20 hydroelectric plants, 30 wind plants, and one thermoelectric plant, amounting to a total installed capacity of 5,957 megawatts. Furthermore, its infrastructure included 3,638 km of transmission lines and 204,957 km of distribution lines. COPEL possesses concessions for electricity distribution in 394 municipalities throughout Paraná and in Porto União, Santa Catarina. Founded in 1954, its headquarters are located in Curitiba, Brazil.

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL is headquartered in BR.

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP) stock trades at $9.27 with a market capitalization of $27.53B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 21.71, price-to-book of 1.34, price-to-sales of 7.36. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $5.72 and $11.23, and currently trades 17.5% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 9.39%.

On profitability, Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL generates a return on equity (ROE) of 6.25%, return on capital employed of 7.09%, an operating margin of 19.82%, a net profit margin of 8.57%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL reported annual revenue of $22.7B, net profit of $2.8B, revenue has compounded at 7.4% a year over the last five years, profit at 7.1% a year.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 1.43, total assets of $57.4B, $4.2B in cash and equivalents.

ELP has an average daily trading volume of 298,414 shares, a beta of 0.37 (less volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.copel.com

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