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.
Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) and MGE Energy (NASDAQ:MGEE) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.
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.
Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. MGE Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 67.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MGE Energy pays out 55.0% 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.
Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGE Energy has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of MGE Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of MGE Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, Pinnacle West Capital had 2 more articles in the media than MGE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital and 8 mentions for MGE Energy. Pinnacle West Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat MGE Energy's score of 1.36 indicating that Pinnacle West Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Pinnacle West Capital currently has a consensus price target of $85.21, indicating a potential downside of 0.08%. MGE Energy has a consensus price target of $74.00, indicating a potential downside of 15.03%. Given Pinnacle West Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pinnacle West Capital is more favorable than MGE Energy.
Summary
Pinnacle West Capital beats MGE Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MGEE) was last updated on 1/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
