AEP vs. D, VST, EIX, ETR, DTE, FE, PPL, ES, FTS, and CNP
Should you be buying American Electric Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Electric Power include Dominion Energy (D), Vistra (VST), Edison International (EIX), Entergy (ETR), DTE Energy (DTE), FirstEnergy (FE), PPL (PPL), Eversource Energy (ES), Fortis (FTS), and CenterPoint Energy (CNP). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) and American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and risk.
Dominion Energy received 497 more outperform votes than American Electric Power when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.40% of users gave American Electric Power an outperform vote while only 52.71% of users gave Dominion Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 3 more articles in the media than Dominion Energy. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for American Electric Power and 20 mentions for Dominion Energy. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Dominion Energy's score of 0.68 indicating that Dominion Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dominion Energy presently has a consensus price target of $51.73, indicating a potential downside of 3.31%. American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $88.43, indicating a potential downside of 4.58%. Given American Electric Power's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Dominion Energy is more favorable than American Electric Power.
Dominion Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Dominion Energy pays out 137.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Electric Power pays out 65.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Electric Power has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
American Electric Power has a net margin of 14.60% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 11.57%. Dominion Energy's return on equity of 11.23% beat American Electric Power's return on equity.
American Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than Dominion Energy. American Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dominion Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.0% of Dominion Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Dominion Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Electric Power has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
American Electric Power beats Dominion Energy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AEP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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