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Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELPC) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL

ELPC in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Copel generates, transmits and distributes electricity across Brazil and also sells it to retail and business customers, running the supply chain from source to socket. It produces power mainly from hydroelectric and wind plants, and builds and runs the substations and lines that carry that power onward. The company is based in Curitiba and trades in the United States as an American listing.
Where it sits in the stack
Copel carries no seat in our index. It sits in the Utilities sector of the Closelook universe, alongside other regulated and renewable power names the diary scores by country and sector rather than by build-out layer.
Who it is priced against
The diary groups it with other scored utilities in the same sector and country, a mix of Brazilian and broader power names such as Sabesp, Energy of Minas Gerais and Clearway Energy, plus renewable and infrastructure operators like Brookfield Infrastructure and Enlight. Eletrobras is the wider comparison the market often reaches for as another Brazilian power name.
Why Closelook tracks it
Copel carries a Closelook score built across several modules; valuation is the strongest of these, while cash quality reads weakest. It holds no seat in our index and has not drawn a quote in the diary so far.
What the diary watches
Whether the cash-quality module improves as the generation and distribution segments convert output into steadier cash flow, which would narrow the gap to its valuation reading.

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELPC) trades on US exchanges, classified under Utilities.

The Closelook company score reads 52/100 composite (momentum 60, quality 42, valuation 72) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for ELPC, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Utilities - Regulated Electric · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Utilities - Regulated Electric · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against ELPC on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 6.29%, semi-annual · buybacks 9 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What ELPC pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.80 USD per share · a 6.29% yield on the 2026-09-22 close 3 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-22
  • Change on the year +183.4% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.28 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.19 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-05-01
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.28 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.80 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-04-28
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 294 m USD 112% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 9 m USD 0.1% of today's market value
  • Share count −75.0% in FY2025 904,666 USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 304 m USD · 50% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 66/100 · S&P 500 fund at 64, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-22
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +10.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-22
  • Sector × region Utilities in US: −1.2% week · −4.5% month · −9.4% quarter · −11.5% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLU.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-22
  • Sovereign pressure Index -0.03 · down 0.40 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-22

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-23

Quick answers

What is Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELPC)?

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL trades as ELPC on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Utilities in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-23.

Is ELPC in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-23.

What is Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's Closelook composite score?

52 out of 100, with momentum 60, quality 42 and valuation 72 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-23. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does ELPC trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +9% vs the 50-day and +13.7% vs the 200-day average, 5.8% below the 52-week high and +67.2% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-22 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL do?

Copel generates, transmits and distributes electricity across Brazil and also sells it to retail and business customers, running the supply chain from source to socket. It produces power mainly from hydroelectric and wind plants, and builds and runs the substations and lines that carry that power onward. The company is based in Curitiba and trades in the United States as an American listing. The diary groups it with other scored utilities in the same sector and country, a mix of Brazilian and broader power names such as Sabesp, Energy of Minas Gerais and Clearway Energy, plus renewable and infrastructure operators like Brookfield Infrastructure and Enlight. Eletrobras is the wider comparison the market often reaches for as another Brazilian power name.

Where does Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL sit in the AI build-out?

Copel carries no seat in our index. It sits in the Utilities sector of the Closelook universe, alongside other regulated and renewable power names the diary scores by country and sector rather than by build-out layer. Copel carries a Closelook score built across several modules; valuation is the strongest of these, while cash quality reads weakest. It holds no seat in our index and has not drawn a quote in the diary so far.

Does Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL pay a dividend?

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL has paid 0.80 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 6.29% on the 2026-09-22 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.19 USD on 2026-05-01. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 294 m USD in dividends and bought back 9 m USD of its own shares, 50% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 75.0% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for ELPC, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Utilities - Regulated Electric. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.