Evergy (EVRG) Competitors

Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) and Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, EVRG or CEG?

Evergy has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Constellation Energy has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, EVRG or CEG?

Constellation Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Evergy. Constellation Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Evergy	$5.85B	2.66	$731.30M	$3.79	17.83
Constellation Energy	$23.57B	2.75	$1.62B	$11.89	17.38

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EVRG or CEG?

Constellation Energy received 36 more outperform votes than Evergy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.43% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote while only 60.09% of users gave Evergy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Evergy	Outperform Votes 134 60.09%	Underperform Votes 89 39.91%
Constellation Energy	Outperform Votes 170 63.43%	Underperform Votes 98 36.57%

Is EVRG or CEG a better dividend stock?

Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Evergy pays out 70.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Constellation Energy pays out 13.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Evergy has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Evergy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media refer more to EVRG or CEG?

In the previous week, Evergy had 9 more articles in the media than Constellation Energy. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Evergy and 12 mentions for Constellation Energy. Evergy's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Constellation Energy's score of 0.63 indicating that Evergy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Evergy	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Constellation Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is EVRG or CEG more profitable?

Constellation Energy has a net margin of 15.91% compared to Evergy's net margin of 14.77%. Constellation Energy's return on equity of 21.96% beat Evergy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Evergy	14.77%	8.77%	2.72%
Constellation Energy	15.91%	21.96%	5.26%

Do analysts prefer EVRG or CEG?

Evergy currently has a consensus price target of $69.08, indicating a potential upside of 2.21%. Constellation Energy has a consensus price target of $283.50, indicating a potential upside of 37.16%. Given Constellation Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Constellation Energy is more favorable than Evergy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Evergy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Constellation Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Do institutionals & insiders believe in EVRG or CEG?

87.2% of Evergy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Evergy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Constellation Energy beats Evergy on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.