Head to Head Contrast: ENEVA S A/S (OTCMKTS:ENEVY) versus Talen Energy (NASDAQ:TLN)

ENEVA S A/S (OTCMKTS:ENEVY) and Talen Energy (NASDAQ:TLN) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.4% of Talen Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Talen Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ENEVA S A/S and Talen Energy”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ENEVA S A/S	$856.12 million	2.25	$242.92 million	N/A	N/A
Talen Energy	$2.55 billion	4.27	$613.00 million	$18.68	11.48

Talen Energy has higher revenue and earnings than ENEVA S A/S.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for ENEVA S A/S and Talen Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ENEVA S A/S	0	0	0	0	0.00
Talen Energy	0	0	9	0	3.00

Talen Energy has a consensus price target of $210.33, suggesting a potential downside of 1.90%. Given Talen Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Talen Energy is more favorable than ENEVA S A/S.

Profitability

This table compares ENEVA S A/S and Talen Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ENEVA S A/S	28.38%	15.15%	7.51%
Talen Energy	50.48%	8.59%	3.13%

Summary

Talen Energy beats ENEVA S A/S on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ENEVA S A/S

Eneva S.A., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated energy company in Brazil. It generates electricity through coal, natural gas, hydro, and solar energy. The company has an operational installed capacity of 2.2 GWs. It also engages in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas; and energy trading activities. The company was formerly known as MPX Energia S.A. and changed its name to Eneva S.A. in October 2013. Eneva S.A. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

About Talen Energy

Talen Energy Corporation is a U.S.-based energy and power generation company. The Company owns or controls approximately 16,000 megawatts of capacity in wholesale power markets, principally in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southwest regions of the United States. The Company generates and sells electricity, capacity and related products from power plants that use fuel sources, such as nuclear, natural gas and coal. The Company’s Susquehanna nuclear power plant has approximately two boiling water reactors with a combined capacity of over 2,600 megawatts. Its fossil fuel plants are located in Athens, Barney Davis, Bayonne, Brandon Shores, Brunner Island, Camden, Colstrip and Dartmouth, among others. It has an art energy trading center located in Allentown, Pennsylvania (PA), where it manages asset load obligations, fuel supply, capacity and related products, and all supporting physical or financial transactions for its electric generation portfolio.