XEL vs. CEG, EPD, ET, NGG, VST, AEP, TRP, EXC, VG, and CQP
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), Venture Global (VG), and Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Xcel Energy vs.
Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) and Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
78.4% of Xcel Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Xcel Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Xcel Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, Constellation Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Xcel Energy. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Constellation Energy and 14 mentions for Xcel Energy. Xcel Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Constellation Energy's score of 0.89 indicating that Xcel Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Xcel Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Xcel Energy pays out 63.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Constellation Energy pays out 13.0% 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. Xcel Energy has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Xcel Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Constellation Energy received 121 more outperform votes than Xcel Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.26% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote while only 33.09% of users gave Xcel Energy an outperform vote.
Xcel Energy has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Constellation Energy has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Xcel Energy presently has a consensus target price of $69.91, indicating a potential downside of 0.04%. Constellation Energy has a consensus target price of $293.43, indicating a potential upside of 3.16%. Given Constellation Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Constellation Energy is more favorable than Xcel Energy.
Constellation Energy has a net margin of 15.91% compared to Xcel Energy's net margin of 14.40%. Constellation Energy's return on equity of 21.96% beat Xcel Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Constellation Energy beats Xcel Energy on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:XEL) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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