Comparing Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale (OTCMKTS:TEZNY) & Centuri (NYSE:CTRI)

Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale (OTCMKTS:TEZNY) and Centuri (NYSE:CTRI) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends and valuation.

Volatility and Risk

Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centuri has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale and Centuri, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale	0	1	0	0	2.00
Centuri	2	1	2	0	2.00

Centuri has a consensus target price of $37.80, indicating a potential upside of 25.01%. Given Centuri’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Centuri is more favorable than Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale and Centuri”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale	$3.98 billion	5.90	$1.15 billion	N/A	N/A
Centuri	$2.98 billion	1.02	$22.40 million	$0.34	88.94

Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale has higher revenue and earnings than Centuri.

Profitability

This table compares Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale and Centuri’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale	N/A	N/A	N/A
Centuri	0.98%	5.64%	1.81%

Summary

Centuri beats Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale

Terna S.p.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides electricity transmission and dispatching services in Italy, other Euro-area countries, and internationally. It operates through Regulated, Non-Regulated, and International segments. The company is involved in the design, construction, management, development, operation, and maintenance of national transmission grid; dispatching and metering; and construction of storage systems. It also supplies transformers and cables; provides energy and connectivity services; and installs and operates interconnecting lines. In addition, the company designs, produces, commercializes, and repairs power transformers for electricity transmission and distribution grids; industrial transformers for the steel and metals industries; special transformers for convertors used in electrochemical production; produces and sells marine and terrestrial cables; develops renewable energy projects; and undertakes private interconnector projects. Terna S.p.A. was founded in 1962 and is based in Rome, Italy.

About Centuri

Centuri Holdings, Inc. operates as a utility infrastructure services company in North America. It offers gas utility services, including maintenance, repair, installation, and replacement services for natural gas local distribution utility companies with focus on the modernization of infrastructure. The company also provides electric utility services comprising design, maintenance and repair, upgrade, and expansion services for transmission and distribution infrastructure. Its customers include electric, gas, and combination utility companies, as well as serves end markets, such as renewable energy and 5G datacom. The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. Centuri Holdings, Inc. is a subsidiary of Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.