CEG vs. EPD, ET, VST, NGG, AEP, TRP, EXC, XEL, CQP, and FTS
Should you be buying Constellation Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Constellation Energy include Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), Vistra (VST), National Grid (NGG), American Electric Power (AEP), TC Energy (TRP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), and Fortis (FTS). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Constellation Energy vs.
Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) and Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Enterprise Products Partners received 794 more outperform votes than Constellation Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.35% of users gave Enterprise Products Partners an outperform vote while only 63.50% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote.
Constellation Energy has a net margin of 11.93% compared to Enterprise Products Partners' net margin of 10.32%. Enterprise Products Partners' return on equity of 20.31% beat Constellation Energy's return on equity.
Enterprise Products Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Constellation Energy. Enterprise Products Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellation Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.1% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.6% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Enterprise Products Partners had 10 more articles in the media than Constellation Energy. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Enterprise Products Partners and 13 mentions for Constellation Energy. Enterprise Products Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Constellation Energy's score of 0.53 indicating that Enterprise Products Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Enterprise Products Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Constellation Energy pays out 15.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enterprise Products Partners pays out 78.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Enterprise Products Partners has increased its dividend for 28 consecutive years. Enterprise Products Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Constellation Energy currently has a consensus target price of $289.86, suggesting a potential downside of 8.38%. Enterprise Products Partners has a consensus target price of $34.60, suggesting a potential upside of 2.99%. Given Enterprise Products Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Enterprise Products Partners is more favorable than Constellation Energy.
Constellation Energy has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Products Partners has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Enterprise Products Partners beats Constellation Energy on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CEG) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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