4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Endesa Chile
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, National Electricity Company of Chile (Endesa Chile) (NYS: EOC) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Endesa Chile's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Endesa Chile facts
Headquarters (Founded) | Santiago, Chile (1943) |
Market Cap | $12.1 billion |
Industry | Foreign utilities |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $4.5 billion |
Management | CEO Joaquin Galindo Velez (since 2009) |
Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) | 20.9% |
Cash/Debt | $539.2 million / $4.0 billion |
Dividend Yield | 4.2% |
Competitors | AES (NYS: AES) |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 95% of the 110 members who have rated Endesa Chile believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include DELMCC99 and TarynOne.
Earlier this year, DELMCC99 tapped Endesa Chile as great way to play defense: "Stock has shown good sales and earnings growth over the past five years. Last downturn in 2008 it only had a -8% return compared to -37% for the S&P."
Endesa Chile even boasts a robust three-year average operating margin of 37.4%. That's higher than that of other utility plays like AES (21.4%), Duke Energy (NYS: DUK) (21.5%), and Southern (NYS: SO) (22.3%).
CAPS member TarynOne expands on the outperform argument:
There is a lot of development to be had in Chile. Although [Endesa Chile] does face vulnerability to dry weather spouts, (primary power source is hydropower), it will continue to have construction & expansion projects as more and more Chilean communities are only now receiving access to electricity.
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