NRG vs. AES, ORA, GNE, CEG, AEP, D, VST, EIX, DTE, and ETR
Should you be buying NRG Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NRG Energy include AES (AES), Ormat Technologies (ORA), Genie Energy (GNE), Constellation Energy (CEG), American Electric Power (AEP), Dominion Energy (D), Vistra (VST), Edison International (EIX), DTE Energy (DTE), and Entergy (ETR).
NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) and AES (NYSE:AES) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and risk.
NRG Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. AES pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. NRG Energy pays out 23.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AES pays out 95.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
AES has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NRG Energy. NRG Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AES, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NRG Energy has a net margin of 5.76% compared to AES's net margin of 4.40%. NRG Energy's return on equity of 42.60% beat AES's return on equity.
97.7% of NRG Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of AES shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of NRG Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of AES shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
NRG Energy currently has a consensus price target of $68.00, suggesting a potential downside of 15.99%. AES has a consensus price target of $22.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.17%. Given AES's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AES is more favorable than NRG Energy.
NRG Energy received 293 more outperform votes than AES when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.02% of users gave NRG Energy an outperform vote while only 61.60% of users gave AES an outperform vote.
In the previous week, AES had 12 more articles in the media than NRG Energy. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for AES and 13 mentions for NRG Energy. NRG Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat AES's score of 0.33 indicating that NRG Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NRG Energy has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AES has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
NRG Energy beats AES on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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