CEG vs. EPD, ET, VST, TRP, AEP, XEL, EXC, CQP, FTS, and LNT
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), TC Energy (TRP), American Electric Power (AEP), Xcel Energy (XEL), Exelon (EXC), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Fortis (FTS), and Alliant Energy (LNT). 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 businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
Constellation Energy presently has a consensus price target of $280.36, suggesting a potential upside of 19.09%. Enterprise Products Partners has a consensus price target of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.97%. Given Constellation Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Constellation Energy is more favorable than Enterprise Products Partners.
82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.1% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.6% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Constellation Energy has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Products Partners has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Enterprise Products Partners received 800 more outperform votes than Constellation Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.54% of users gave Enterprise Products Partners an outperform vote while only 62.75% 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.
Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Enterprise Products Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. 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 raised its dividend for 27 consecutive years. Enterprise Products Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Enterprise Products Partners had 11 more articles in the media than Constellation Energy. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Enterprise Products Partners and 7 mentions for Constellation Energy. Enterprise Products Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Constellation Energy's score of 0.94 indicating that Enterprise Products Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Enterprise Products Partners beats Constellation Energy on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CEG) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
