CEG vs. NEE, SO, AEP, D, VST, EIX, DTE, ETR, FE, and PPL
Should you be buying Constellation Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Constellation Energy include NextEra Energy (NEE), Southern (SO), American Electric Power (AEP), Dominion Energy (D), Vistra (VST), Edison International (EIX), DTE Energy (DTE), Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), and PPL (PPL). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) and Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.
NextEra Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Constellation Energy. NextEra Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellation Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NextEra Energy presently has a consensus target price of $72.93, suggesting a potential downside of 8.86%. Constellation Energy has a consensus target price of $227.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.72%. Given NextEra Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Constellation Energy is more favorable than NextEra Energy.
NextEra Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. NextEra Energy pays out 56.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Constellation Energy pays out 18.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. NextEra Energy has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years and Constellation Energy has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. NextEra Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
NextEra Energy has a net margin of 27.62% compared to NextEra Energy's net margin of 10.25%. NextEra Energy's return on equity of 18.14% beat Constellation Energy's return on equity.
NextEra Energy received 620 more outperform votes than Constellation Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.29% of users gave NextEra Energy an outperform vote while only 62.33% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote.
NextEra Energy has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Constellation Energy has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
78.7% of NextEra Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of NextEra Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, NextEra Energy had 22 more articles in the media than Constellation Energy. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for NextEra Energy and 3 mentions for Constellation Energy. Constellation Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat NextEra Energy's score of 0.95 indicating that NextEra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
NextEra Energy beats Constellation Energy on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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