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ALLETE (ALE) Competitors

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$64.50 -0.10 (-0.15%)
(As of 12/20/2024 04:32 PM ET)

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

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

ALLETE vs.

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

In the previous week, ALLETE had 2 more articles in the media than Pinnacle West Capital. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for ALLETE and 7 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital. ALLETE's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Pinnacle West Capital's score of 0.91 indicating that ALLETE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ALLETE
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Pinnacle West Capital
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

76.6% of ALLETE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of ALLETE shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

ALLETE has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ALLETE$1.88B1.98$247.10M$3.1220.67
Pinnacle West Capital$5.02B1.92$501.56M$5.2816.09

Pinnacle West Capital received 102 more outperform votes than ALLETE when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 49.83% of users gave ALLETE an outperform vote while only 41.69% of users gave Pinnacle West Capital an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ALLETEOutperform Votes
287
49.83%
Underperform Votes
289
50.17%
Pinnacle West CapitalOutperform Votes
389
41.69%
Underperform Votes
544
58.31%

ALLETE pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. ALLETE pays out 90.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 67.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ALLETE has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. ALLETE is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

ALLETE currently has a consensus price target of $62.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.88%. Pinnacle West Capital has a consensus price target of $84.65, indicating a potential downside of 0.36%. Given Pinnacle West Capital's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pinnacle West Capital is more favorable than ALLETE.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ALLETE
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Pinnacle West Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46

Pinnacle West Capital has a net margin of 12.26% compared to ALLETE's net margin of 11.49%. Pinnacle West Capital's return on equity of 9.60% beat ALLETE's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ALLETE11.49% 5.99% 3.06%
Pinnacle West Capital 12.26%9.60%2.43%

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ALE vs. The Competition

MetricALLETEElectric & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.74B$19.88B$13.35B$19.19B
Dividend Yield4.36%3.44%4.07%3.58%
P/E Ratio20.6719.6294.9541.22
Price / Sales1.982.1529.7517.58
Price / Cash7.428.4518.3521.28
Price / Book1.091.762.225.32
Net Income$247.10M$896.09M$626.51M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-0.22%-1.11%-1.90%-3.45%
1 Month Performance0.03%-5.14%-2.54%-3.73%
1 Year Performance5.41%2.56%1.49%12.06%

ALLETE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALE
ALLETE
3.7338 of 5 stars
$64.50
-0.2%
$62.00
-3.9%
+6.5%$3.74B$1.88B20.671,560Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
3.8238 of 5 stars
$86.90
-0.7%
$84.65
-2.6%
+20.1%$9.88B$5.02B16.586,133
OGE
OGE Energy
3.7474 of 5 stars
$42.17
+0.3%
$40.50
-4.0%
+17.8%$8.47B$2.67B21.922,329Positive News
IDA
IDACORP
4.4865 of 5 stars
$113.97
+0.8%
$111.00
-2.6%
+12.5%$6.07B$1.84B20.982,112Positive News
POR
Portland General Electric
3.7449 of 5 stars
$44.59
+0.2%
$49.13
+10.2%
+2.2%$4.70B$2.92B13.282,842
MGEE
MGE Energy
3.2846 of 5 stars
$96.43
-1.4%
$74.00
-23.3%
+33.6%$3.49B$670.18M29.89700News Coverage
Positive News
OTTR
Otter Tail
2.0342 of 5 stars
$75.73
-0.2%
N/A-10.3%$3.17B$1.35B10.482,655
HE
Hawaiian Electric Industries
1.985 of 5 stars
$10.14
-0.6%
$11.00
+8.5%
-28.5%$1.75B$3.69B-0.863,706Analyst Upgrade
UTL
Unitil
3.4477 of 5 stars
$56.98
+0.3%
N/A+4.8%$922.51M$557.10M19.40536News Coverage
Positive News
ARRY
Array Technologies
4.1451 of 5 stars
$5.26
-4.9%
$11.57
+120.0%
-66.2%$799.22M$982.19M-5.701,028Analyst Forecast
NEE
NextEra Energy
4.939 of 5 stars
$73.43
-0.3%
$87.15
+18.7%
+19.8%$151.00B$26.25B21.7816,800Positive News

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This page (NYSE:ALE) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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