It's tough out there for Brazilian utility companies, both in
real-world market terms and the significantly fuzzier world of investor
sentiment, and CPFL Energia's (NYSE:CPL)
market performance would seem to lend more support to the notion that
when times get tough enough, even the best get pulled down.
CPFL Energia has fared better than CEMIG (NYSE:CIG), COPEL (NYSE:ELP), Light (OTCPK:LGSXY), and Alupar over the past year with a roughly 3% decline in the local shares (and a 15% drop in the ADRs), and has lagged only Energias
among the integrated distribution ("disco")/generation-transmission
("genco" and "transco") players in Brazil's electrical utility sector.
Even so, it's been a rough stretch in the neighborhood as turbulence in
the power industry, weakness in Brazil's economy, and a crisis of
confidence in the equity and credit markets have done their damage.
As a company, I really like CPFL Energia. The debt level is high, but
then so too is the near-term cash generation to cover it, and I believe
there is a wide range of potential growth opportunities for the
company. That said, everybody seems to agree that CPFL Energia is a
well-run company and you don't often find bargains where there's that
level of concordance.
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CPFL Energia One Of The Best ... And Priced Like It
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