Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) (EDN) vs Genie Energy Ltd. (GNE)

Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) and Genie Energy Ltd. are both Utilities Regulated Electric companies. Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) is the larger, with a market value of $486.9M against $415.6M — 1.2× the size. Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) trades at the lower P/E: 5.3× against 16.2×. Genie Energy Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.0% against −3.03%. Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) has the higher net margin (7.21% vs 5.05%) and the lower return on invested capital (5.95% vs 22.0%). Across the 21 metrics below, Genie Energy Ltd. leads on 13 and Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) on 8.

Valuation

Metric EDN GNE Utilities Regulated Electric median
P/E 5.26 16.25 18.84
P/S 0.37 0.83 2.52
P/B 0.48 1.63 1.63
Price to free cash flow n/m 38.70 36.22
EV/EBITDA 3.17 10.07 11.82
EV/Sales 0.49 0.43 4.58
Earnings yield 19.00% 6.15% 5.30%
Free cash flow yield (10.67%) 2.58% (5.06%)

Profitability

Metric EDN GNE Utilities Regulated Electric median
Gross margin 24.73% 25.33% 66.28%
Operating margin 8.51% 4.05% 21.79%
Net margin 7.21% 5.05% 12.94%
Free cash flow margin (3.99%) 2.19% (11.51%)
Return on equity 9.97% 11.47% 9.75%
Return on assets 3.93% 6.74% 2.75%
Return on invested capital 5.95% 22.04% 3.87%

Growth

Metric EDN GNE Utilities Regulated Electric median
Revenue growth (TTM) (3.03%) 10.01% 7.43%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (34.55%) 95.65% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 13.03% 7.06% 6.75%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 15.51% 6.44%

Health

Metric EDN GNE Utilities Regulated Electric median
Debt to equity 0.62 0.03 1.53
Current ratio 1.46 2.89 0.81
Net debt to EBITDA 1.10 (7.07) 5.25

Dividend

Metric EDN GNE Utilities Regulated Electric median
Dividend yield — 1.59% 4.33%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.14 0.66

Size

Metric EDN GNE Utilities Regulated Electric median
Market cap 486.86m 415.58m 22.90b

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