Entergy (ETR) Competitors

Entergy (NYSE:ETR) and NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ETR or NEE?

88.1% of Entergy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.7% of NextEra Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Entergy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of NextEra Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate ETR or NEE?

Entergy presently has a consensus target price of $85.25, suggesting a potential upside of 1.68%. NextEra Energy has a consensus target price of $85.38, suggesting a potential upside of 25.82%. Given NextEra Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NextEra Energy is more favorable than Entergy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Entergy	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
NextEra Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ETR or NEE?

NextEra Energy received 310 more outperform votes than Entergy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.67% of users gave NextEra Energy an outperform vote while only 49.79% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Entergy	Outperform Votes 469 49.79%	Underperform Votes 473 50.21%
NextEra Energy	Outperform Votes 779 71.67%	Underperform Votes 308 28.33%

Is ETR or NEE more profitable?

NextEra Energy has a net margin of 28.06% compared to Entergy's net margin of 8.90%. NextEra Energy's return on equity of 11.85% beat Entergy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Entergy	8.90%	10.68%	2.49%
NextEra Energy	28.06%	11.85%	3.81%

Which has better earnings & valuation, ETR or NEE?

NextEra Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Entergy. NextEra Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Entergy, 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
Entergy	$11.88B	3.04	$2.36B	$2.43	34.50
NextEra Energy	$24.75B	5.64	$6.95B	$3.37	20.14

Which has more risk & volatility, ETR or NEE?

Entergy has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextEra Energy has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ETR or NEE a better dividend stock?

Entergy pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. NextEra Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Entergy pays out 98.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NextEra Energy pays out 67.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NextEra Energy has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years. NextEra Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media prefer ETR or NEE?

In the previous week, NextEra Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Entergy. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for NextEra Energy and 43 mentions for Entergy. NextEra Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Entergy's score of 1.16 indicating that NextEra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Entergy	31 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NextEra Energy	34 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

NextEra Energy beats Entergy on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.