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MGE Energy (MGEE) Competitors

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$94.61 +0.50 (+0.53%)
(As of 11:58 AM ET)

MGEE vs. PNW, OGE, IDA, POR, ALE, OTTR, HE, ARRY, UTL, and NEE

Should you be buying MGE Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MGE Energy include Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR), ALLETE (ALE), Otter Tail (OTTR), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), Array Technologies (ARRY), Unitil (UTL), and NextEra Energy (NEE). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.

MGE Energy vs.

MGE Energy (NASDAQ:MGEE) and Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

In the previous week, MGE Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Pinnacle West Capital. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MGE Energy and 0 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital. MGE Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Pinnacle West Capital's score of 0.54 indicating that MGE Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
MGE Energy Very Positive
Pinnacle West Capital Positive

Pinnacle West Capital received 173 more outperform votes than MGE Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.82% of users gave MGE Energy an outperform vote while only 41.69% of users gave Pinnacle West Capital an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MGE EnergyOutperform Votes
216
54.82%
Underperform Votes
178
45.18%
Pinnacle West CapitalOutperform Votes
389
41.69%
Underperform Votes
544
58.31%

MGE Energy presently has a consensus price target of $74.00, suggesting a potential downside of 21.77%. Pinnacle West Capital has a consensus price target of $84.65, suggesting a potential downside of 0.77%. Given Pinnacle West Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pinnacle West Capital is more favorable than MGE Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MGE Energy
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Pinnacle West Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46

52.6% of MGE Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of MGE Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

MGE Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. MGE Energy pays out 55.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 67.8% 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. MGE Energy has raised its dividend for 49 consecutive years and Pinnacle West Capital has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

MGE Energy has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

MGE Energy has a net margin of 17.70% compared to Pinnacle West Capital's net margin of 12.26%. MGE Energy's return on equity of 10.18% beat Pinnacle West Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MGE Energy17.70% 10.18% 4.38%
Pinnacle West Capital 12.26%9.60%2.43%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MGE Energy$670.18M5.11$117.70M$3.2728.93
Pinnacle West Capital$5.02B1.93$501.56M$5.2816.16

Summary

MGE Energy beats Pinnacle West Capital on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MGEE vs. The Competition

MetricMGE EnergyElectric, gas & sanitary services IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.42B$4.22B$14.10B$9.25B
Dividend Yield1.92%3.62%4.13%4.30%
P/E Ratio28.9312.6795.8017.25
Price / Sales5.112.1223.08120.47
Price / Cash16.217.6518.4637.83
Price / Book3.001.692.224.92
Net Income$117.70M$122.39M$636.50M$225.43M
7 Day Performance-1.21%-0.02%-1.13%0.74%
1 Month Performance-9.17%-4.67%-3.12%2.37%
1 Year Performance32.35%0.33%1.79%16.58%

MGE Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MGEE
MGE Energy
3.1911 of 5 stars
$94.61
+0.5%
$74.00
-21.8%
+31.7%$3.43B$670.18M28.93700Positive News
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
4.0291 of 5 stars
$85.05
+0.1%
$84.65
-0.5%
+19.5%$9.67B$5.02B16.116,133
OGE
OGE Energy
4.0529 of 5 stars
$41.21
+0.5%
$40.50
-1.7%
+17.8%$8.28B$2.79B21.352,329Analyst Revision
Positive News
IDA
IDACORP
4.4967 of 5 stars
$109.87
+1.0%
$111.00
+1.0%
+12.9%$5.85B$1.84B20.382,112Positive News
POR
Portland General Electric
3.672 of 5 stars
$44.00
-0.1%
$49.13
+11.6%
+2.5%$4.64B$3.34B13.132,842
ALE
ALLETE
3.7496 of 5 stars
$64.56
+0.1%
$62.00
-4.0%
+4.8%$3.73B$1.57B20.691,560
OTTR
Otter Tail
1.7181 of 5 stars
$73.87
-1.7%
N/A-14.8%$3.09B$1.34B10.202,655
HE
Hawaiian Electric Industries
2.1926 of 5 stars
$9.87
-0.1%
$11.00
+11.4%
-29.0%$1.70B$3.69B-0.833,706
ARRY
Array Technologies
4.0584 of 5 stars
$5.87
+4.3%
$11.43
+94.7%
-64.6%$891.91M$982.19M-6.051,028
UTL
Unitil
3.4837 of 5 stars
$53.36
-0.8%
N/A+3.5%$863.85M$496.90M18.21536Positive News
NEE
NextEra Energy
4.9181 of 5 stars
$72.04
+0.5%
$87.15
+21.0%
+21.3%$148.14B$26.25B21.3116,800

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This page (NASDAQ:MGEE) was last updated on 12/24/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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