XEL vs. CEG, EPD, ET, NGG, VST, AEP, TRP, EXC, CQP, and FTS
Should you be buying Xcel Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xcel Energy include Constellation Energy (CEG), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), National Grid (NGG), Vistra (VST), American Electric Power (AEP), TC Energy (TRP), Exelon (EXC), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), and Fortis (FTS). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Xcel Energy vs.
Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) and Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Constellation Energy has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xcel Energy has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Xcel Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Constellation Energy pays out 15.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Xcel Energy pays out 65.0% 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.
Constellation Energy currently has a consensus target price of $289.86, suggesting a potential downside of 8.38%. Xcel Energy has a consensus target price of $69.67, suggesting a potential upside of 4.42%. Given Xcel Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Xcel Energy is more favorable than Constellation Energy.
Xcel Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Constellation Energy. Xcel Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellation Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Constellation Energy received 123 more outperform votes than Xcel Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.50% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote while only 32.12% of users gave Xcel Energy an outperform vote.
Xcel Energy has a net margin of 13.67% compared to Constellation Energy's net margin of 11.93%. Constellation Energy's return on equity of 16.26% beat Xcel Energy's return on equity.
82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.4% of Xcel Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Xcel Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Xcel Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Constellation Energy. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Xcel Energy and 14 mentions for Constellation Energy. Xcel Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Constellation Energy's score of 0.63 indicating that Xcel Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Constellation Energy beats Xcel Energy on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:XEL) was last updated on 1/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
