ES vs. PPL, FE, ETR, EIX, PNW, OGE, FTS, DTE, CNP, and EBR
Should you be buying Eversource Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eversource Energy include PPL (PPL), FirstEnergy (FE), Entergy (ETR), Edison International (EIX), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), Fortis (FTS), DTE Energy (DTE), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), and Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
PPL (NYSE:PPL) and Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends and community ranking.
77.0% of PPL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Eversource Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of PPL shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Eversource Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
PPL received 115 more outperform votes than Eversource Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.50% of users gave PPL an outperform vote while only 47.48% of users gave Eversource Energy an outperform vote.
PPL has a net margin of 9.29% compared to PPL's net margin of -3.60%. PPL's return on equity of 10.32% beat Eversource Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Eversource Energy had 6 more articles in the media than PPL. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Eversource Energy and 3 mentions for PPL. PPL's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Eversource Energy's score of 0.33 indicating that Eversource Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PPL pays an annual dividend of $1.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Eversource Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. PPL pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Eversource Energy pays out -242.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PPL has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Eversource Energy has raised its dividend for 26 consecutive years. Eversource Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
PPL has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eversource Energy has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PPL has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Eversource Energy. Eversource Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PPL, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PPL presently has a consensus price target of $32.27, suggesting a potential upside of 9.07%. Eversource Energy has a consensus price target of $65.86, suggesting a potential upside of 8.03%. Given Eversource Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe PPL is more favorable than Eversource Energy.
Summary
PPL beats Eversource Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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