Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) (EDN) versus Its Competitors Financial Review

Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) (NYSE:EDN) is one of 103 public companies in the “Electric Utilities” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

1.6% of Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.0% of shares of all “Electric Utilities” companies are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of shares of all “Electric Utilities” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor)’s peers have a beta of -1.97, meaning that their average share price is 297% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor)	1	1	0	0	1.50
Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) Competitors	1428	6547	5522	140	2.32

As a group, “Electric Utilities” companies have a potential upside of 3.24%. Given Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor)’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor)	$2.44 billion	$191.39 million	3.40
Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) Competitors	$13.72 billion	$1.54 billion	20.15

Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor)’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor). Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor)	6.86%	9.59%	3.71%
Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) Competitors	13.89%	9.77%	3.23%

Summary

Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) peers beat Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) Company Profile

Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) is an Argentine electric utility focused on distributing electricity to homes, businesses and other customers. Its activities include operating and maintaining the distribution network and providing connections and related service to customers in its concession area. Edenor serves the northern and northwestern parts of the City of Buenos Aires and surrounding municipalities in Greater Buenos Aires. The company was formed in 1992 as part of the privatization and restructuring of Argentina’s former state-owned electricity utility, SEGBA.