Excelerate Energy (EE) Competitors

Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG) and Excelerate Energy (NYSE:EE) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Does the media favor WTRG or EE?

In the previous week, Essential Utilities had 13 more articles in the media than Excelerate Energy. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Essential Utilities and 9 mentions for Excelerate Energy. Essential Utilities' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Excelerate Energy's score of 0.95 indicating that Essential Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Essential Utilities	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Excelerate Energy	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate WTRG or EE?

Essential Utilities currently has a consensus price target of $43.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.00%. Excelerate Energy has a consensus price target of $31.17, suggesting a potential upside of 18.24%. Given Excelerate Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Excelerate Energy is more favorable than Essential Utilities.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Essential Utilities	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Excelerate Energy	3 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is WTRG or EE a better dividend stock?

Essential Utilities pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Excelerate Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Essential Utilities pays out 59.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Excelerate Energy pays out 19.2% 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. Essential Utilities has increased its dividend for 32 consecutive years. Essential Utilities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, WTRG or EE?

Essential Utilities has higher revenue and earnings than Excelerate Energy. Essential Utilities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Excelerate 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
Essential Utilities	$2.09B	5.27	$498.23M	$2.17	18.39
Excelerate Energy	$851.44M	3.28	$30.41M	$1.25	21.09

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WTRG or EE?

Essential Utilities received 10 more outperform votes than Excelerate Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 37.29% of users gave Excelerate Energy an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave Essential Utilities an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Essential Utilities	Outperform Votes 32 36.36%	Underperform Votes 56 63.64%
Excelerate Energy	Outperform Votes 22 37.29%	Underperform Votes 37 62.71%

Which has more risk and volatility, WTRG or EE?

Essential Utilities has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Excelerate Energy has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in WTRG or EE?

74.8% of Essential Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Excelerate Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Essential Utilities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Excelerate Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is WTRG or EE more profitable?

Essential Utilities has a net margin of 27.84% compared to Excelerate Energy's net margin of 3.14%. Essential Utilities' return on equity of 7.89% beat Excelerate Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Essential Utilities	27.84%	7.89%	2.79%
Excelerate Energy	3.14%	1.39%	0.90%

Summary

Essential Utilities beats Excelerate Energy on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.