MGE Energy (MGEE) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer PNW or MGEE?

Pinnacle West Capital presently has a consensus price target of $95.17, suggesting a potential upside of 3.96%. MGE Energy has a consensus price target of $80.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.54%. Given Pinnacle West Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Pinnacle West Capital is more favorable than MGE Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pinnacle West Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
MGE Energy	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Is PNW or MGEE a better dividend stock?

Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. MGE Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 68.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MGE Energy pays out 54.1% 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 increased its dividend for 49 consecutive years.

Does the media favor PNW or MGEE?

In the previous week, Pinnacle West Capital had 4 more articles in the media than MGE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital and 14 mentions for MGE Energy. MGE Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Pinnacle West Capital's score of 0.98 indicating that MGE Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pinnacle West Capital	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MGE Energy	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PNW or MGEE?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pinnacle West Capital	$5.12B	2.13	$501.56M	$5.22	17.54
MGE Energy	$676.94M	4.88	$117.70M	$3.33	27.16

Is PNW or MGEE more profitable?

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
Pinnacle West Capital	12.26%	9.60%	2.43%
MGE Energy	17.70%	10.18%	4.38%

Which has more volatility and risk, PNW or MGEE?

Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGE Energy has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PNW or MGEE?

Pinnacle West Capital received 176 more outperform votes than MGE Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.55% of users gave MGE Energy an outperform vote while only 41.75% of users gave Pinnacle West Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pinnacle West Capital	Outperform Votes 392 41.75%	Underperform Votes 547 58.25%
MGE Energy	Outperform Votes 216 54.55%	Underperform Votes 180 45.45%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PNW or MGEE?

91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of MGE Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of MGE Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Pinnacle West Capital beats MGE Energy on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.