Analysts await Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) (NASDAQ:ELP) to report earnings on Mar, 17 for the fiscal quarter ending Dec 2015.

At the moment 2 analysts are watching Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) (NASDAQ:ELP), 1 rate it “Buy”, 0 “Outperform”, 1 “Underperform”, 0 “Sell”, while 0 “Hold”.

Looking forward, for the quarter ending Mar-16, 1 analyst has a mean sales target of 943.74 million. For the quarter ending Jun-16, 1 analyst has a mean sales target of 829.22 million whilst for the year ending Dec-16, 1 analyst has a mean target of 3,272.60 million.

In terms of earnings per share, 1 analyst has a 0.43 EPS mean target for the quarter ending Mar-16, for the quarter ending Jun-16, 1 analyst has a 0.16 EPS mean target and for the quarter ending Jun-16 there are 1 estimate of 0.66 EPS.

The biggest institutional shareholders in Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) include Brandes Investment Partners & Co which owns 5 million shares in the company valued at $31.92 million. Letko, Brosseau & Associates Inc is the second biggest holder with 4 million shares currently valued at 23.10 million whilst Fidelity Management and Research Company has 3 million shares valued at 19.81 million.

Total shares held by institutions as of the most recent company filings are 20,528,038 with a reported 444,067 bought and 558,582 sold. These holdings make up 7.59% of the company’s outstanding shares.

The stock increased 2.08% or $0.14 during the last trading session, hitting $6.86. Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) (NASDAQ:ELP) has fallen 29.45% over the past 6 months and is downtrending.