Evergy (EVRG) Competitors

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

Is VST or EVRG a better dividend stock?

Vistra pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Vistra pays out 16.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Evergy pays out 72.2% 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.

Does the media prefer VST or EVRG?

In the previous week, Vistra had 23 more articles in the media than Evergy. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Vistra and 14 mentions for Evergy. Vistra's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Evergy's score of 0.79 indicating that Vistra is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vistra	28 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Evergy	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, VST or EVRG?

Vistra has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evergy has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in VST or EVRG?

90.9% of Vistra shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of Evergy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Vistra shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Evergy shares are owned 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.

Do analysts prefer VST or EVRG?

Vistra currently has a consensus price target of $171.64, indicating a potential upside of 1.96%. Evergy has a consensus price target of $65.36, indicating a potential downside of 0.67%. Given Vistra's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vistra is more favorable than Evergy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vistra	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91
Evergy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, VST or EVRG?

Vistra has higher revenue and earnings than Evergy. Evergy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vistra, 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
Vistra	$16.27B	3.52	$1.49B	$5.36	31.41
Evergy	$5.51B	2.75	$731.30M	$3.70	17.78

Is VST or EVRG more profitable?

Evergy has a net margin of 14.77% compared to Vistra's net margin of 12.51%. Vistra's return on equity of 57.63% beat Evergy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vistra	12.51%	57.63%	6.02%
Evergy	14.77%	8.77%	2.72%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VST or EVRG?

Vistra received 174 more outperform votes than Evergy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.55% of users gave Vistra an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Evergy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vistra	Outperform Votes 306 67.55%	Underperform Votes 147 32.45%
Evergy	Outperform Votes 132 60.00%	Underperform Votes 88 40.00%

Summary

Vistra beats Evergy on 18 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.