Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELPC)Utilities | Utilities - Regulated Electric | Curitiba, Brazil | NYSE
13.33 USD
-0.13
(-0.966%) ⇩
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 13.35 +0.02 (0.150%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 6:21 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 1:08 a.m. EDT
ELPC presents a classic 'value trap' in the short term due to a dangerously unsustainable payout ratio of 136%, where dividends are effectively funded by debt interest rather than earnings. While the stock has recently hit a one-year high and shows solid headline-to-headline earnings growth, the 3.9% yield is an erosion of capital unless payout discipline improves immediately. The model predicts a weak 1.9% upside over 45 days, confirming the lack of immediate technical momentum despite the 'Strong Buy' analyst consensus likely driven by dividend expectations that appear unmet by fundamentals. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.080073 |
| MSTL | 0.088324 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.092852 |
| AutoETS | 0.092861 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 43% |
| H-stat | 15.81 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.467 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.31 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Utilities |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-04-30 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2025-04-27 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 87.945 |
| Revenue per Share | 8.793 |
| Market Cap | 9,897,816,064 |
| Trailing P/E | 18.51 |
| Forward P/E | 18.67 |
| Beta | 0.33 |
| Profit Margins | 10.29% |
| Website | https://www.copel.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 1:08 a.m. EDT: Options market data provided was empty for both calls and puts. No unusual flow, specific strike concentration, or open interest patterns could be identified to gauge immediate speculative sentiment. The absence of flow data suggests low liquidity or a lack of specific directional bets being placed in the near term.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.87% | 3.87% | — | — |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-28 | 0.282 | 3.868313 |
| 2024-12-13 | 0.131 | 2.544382 |
| 2024-10-02 | 0.110 | 1.774984 |
| 2024-05-02 | 0.032 | 0.532491 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.9748148 |
| Address1 | Rua José Izidoro Biazetto, 158 |
| Address2 | Bloco A Campo Comprido Mossunguê |
| All Time High | 13.65 |
| All Time Low | 5.04 |
| Ask | 21.52 |
| Ask Size | 2,600 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.0 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 360,130 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 363,504 |
| Average Volume | 363,504 |
| Average Volume10Days | 360,130 |
| Beta | 0.325 |
| Bid | 13.1 |
| Bid Size | 1,900 |
| Book Value | 1.5635422 |
| City | Curitiba |
| Country | Brazil |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 13.33 |
| Current Ratio | 0.984 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 13.64 |
| Day Low | 13.23 |
| Debt To Equity | 87.945 |
| Dividend Date | 1,791,849,600 |
| Dividend Rate | 0.52 |
| Dividend Yield | 3.9 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,772,197,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,772,197,200 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.883 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.819 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,011,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,011,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,011,200 |
| Ebitda | 6,210,173,952 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.23778 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 9.135 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.172 |
| Enterprise Value | 56,730,042,368 |
| Eps Forward | 0.714 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.72 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,777,593,600 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 55 41 3331 2916 |
| Fifty Day Average | 11.6328 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 1.6971998 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.14589779 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 97.481476 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 13.65 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.3199997 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.023443202 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 6.68 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 6.65 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.995509 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 6.68 - 13.65 |
| Financial Currency | BRL |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,703,860,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 1,900,815,307 |
| Forward Eps | 0.714 |
| Forward P E | 18.669468 |
| Free Cashflow | 4,384,007,168 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 4,287 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.18073 |
| Gross Profits | 4,720,097,792 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.02695 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 742,521,824 |
| Industry | Utilities - Regulated Electric |
| Industry Disp | Utilities - Regulated Electric |
| Industry Key | utilities-regulated-electric |
| Ir Website | http://www.copel.com/hpcopel/english/investors.jsp |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,745,798,400 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.282 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research, study, planning, construction, production, transformation, transportation, distribution, and commercialization of electricity in Brazil. The company operates through three segments: Generation and Transmission of Electrical Energy; Electrical Energy Distribution; and Commercialization. It produces electricity from hydroelectric and wind power; and constructs, operates, and maintains substations, as well as lines for energy transmission. The company was formerly known as Companhia Paranaense de Energia Elétrica and changed its name to Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL in October 1979. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Curitiba, Brazil. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 9,897,816,064 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_392996 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 2,669,715,968 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 9,911,396,192 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 13.65 |
| Operating Cashflow | 3,028,445,952 |
| Operating Margins | 0.19778 |
| Payout Ratio | 1.3666 |
| Phone | 55 8 0041 2772 |
| Post Market Change | 0.020000458 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.15004094 |
| Post Market Price | 13.35 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,464,461 |
| Previous Close | 13.46 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 8.525513 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.37898192 |
| Profit Margins | 0.10295 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.924 |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.13 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.965825 |
| Regular Market Day High | 13.64 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 13.23 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 13.23 - 13.64 |
| Regular Market Open | 13.65 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 13.46 |
| Regular Market Price | 13.33 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,002 |
| Regular Market Volume | 589,061 |
| Return On Assets | 0.05099 |
| Return On Equity | 0.10955 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.194 |
| Revenue Per Share | 8.793 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Utilities |
| Sector Disp | Utilities |
| Sector Key | utilities |
| Shares Outstanding | 742,521,824 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.003 |
| Shares Short | 2,230,873 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 715,172 |
| Short Name | Companhia Paranaense de Energia |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0034 |
| Short Ratio | 4.21 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | PR |
| Symbol | ELPC |
| Target High Price | 21.0 |
| Target Low Price | 13.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 16.16667 |
| Target Median Price | 14.5 |
| Total Cash | 3,131,258,112 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.054 |
| Total Debt | 20,308,305,920 |
| Total Revenue | 26,116,855,808 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.825 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.06129272 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.72 |
| Trailing P E | 18.513887 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 9.67433 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 3.6556702 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.3778732 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 589,061 |
| Website | https://www.copel.com |
| Zip | 81,200-240 |