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Entergy (ETR) Competitors

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$74.84 +0.08 (+0.11%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

ETR vs. EIX, PPL, FE, ES, PNW, OGE, IDA, POR, ALE, and MGEE

Should you be buying Entergy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Entergy include Edison International (EIX), PPL (PPL), FirstEnergy (FE), Eversource Energy (ES), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR), ALLETE (ALE), and MGE Energy (MGEE). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.

Entergy vs.

Entergy (NYSE:ETR) and Edison International (NYSE:EIX) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation and community ranking.

Entergy pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Entergy pays out 58.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Edison International pays out 97.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Edison International has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Edison International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Entergy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Edison International. Entergy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Edison International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Entergy$11.86B2.71$2.36B$4.1118.21
Edison International$17.32B1.80$1.41B$3.4123.60

Entergy currently has a consensus price target of $77.40, indicating a potential upside of 3.43%. Edison International has a consensus price target of $88.75, indicating a potential upside of 10.29%. Given Edison International's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Edison International 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)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Edison International
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

88.1% of Entergy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.9% of Edison International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Entergy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Edison International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Entergy has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edison International has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Edison International received 296 more outperform votes than Entergy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.93% of users gave Edison International an outperform vote while only 49.62% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
EntergyOutperform Votes
461
49.62%
Underperform Votes
468
50.38%
Edison InternationalOutperform Votes
757
62.93%
Underperform Votes
446
37.07%

Entergy has a net margin of 14.83% compared to Edison International's net margin of 8.52%. Edison International's return on equity of 13.17% beat Entergy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Entergy14.83% 9.53% 2.25%
Edison International 8.52%13.17%2.55%

In the previous week, Edison International had 9 more articles in the media than Entergy. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Edison International and 13 mentions for Entergy. Entergy's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Edison International's score of 0.55 indicating that Entergy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Entergy
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Edison International
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Edison International beats Entergy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ETR vs. The Competition

MetricEntergyElectric services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$32.09B$14.07B$13.68B$19.64B
Dividend Yield3.24%4.39%4.06%3.51%
P/E Ratio9.1215.2882.3343.80
Price / Sales2.718,171.2829.4317.47
Price / Cash8.488.7318.3721.73
Price / Book1.082.172.265.46
Net Income$2.36B$666.62M$632.07M$987.68M
7 Day Performance0.91%0.28%-1.30%-2.12%
1 Month Performance0.38%6.81%-1.07%1.31%
1 Year Performance48.37%37.77%6.56%16.45%

Entergy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ETR
Entergy
4.7111 of 5 stars
$74.84
+0.1%
$77.40
+3.4%
+48.4%$32.09B$11.86B9.1212,177Insider Trade
EIX
Edison International
4.9889 of 5 stars
$81.96
+0.1%
$88.75
+8.3%
+14.9%$31.73B$17.32B24.0114,375Dividend Increase
Short Interest ↓
PPL
PPL
3.9544 of 5 stars
$32.72
+1.3%
$34.09
+4.2%
+19.9%$24.15B$8.31B28.836,629Analyst Forecast
FE
FirstEnergy
4.4456 of 5 stars
$40.16
-0.3%
$46.27
+15.2%
+7.7%$23.15B$12.87B25.9012,042Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
ES
Eversource Energy
4.6418 of 5 stars
$58.65
-1.5%
$68.38
+16.6%
-5.3%$21.49B$11.91B-37.9110,171Positive News
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
4 of 5 stars
$86.90
-0.7%
$84.65
-2.6%
+16.8%$9.88B$5.02B16.586,133Dividend Announcement
OGE
OGE Energy
3.9365 of 5 stars
$42.17
+0.3%
$40.50
-4.0%
+17.6%$8.47B$2.67B21.922,329Positive News
IDA
IDACORP
4.806 of 5 stars
$113.97
+0.8%
$111.00
-2.6%
+15.2%$6.07B$1.84B20.982,112Positive News
POR
Portland General Electric
4.3771 of 5 stars
$44.59
+0.2%
$49.13
+10.2%
+3.5%$4.70B$2.92B13.282,842
ALE
ALLETE
3.8914 of 5 stars
$64.69
+0.1%
$62.00
-4.2%
+7.3%$3.74B$1.57B20.721,560Analyst Forecast
MGEE
MGE Energy
3.3553 of 5 stars
$96.43
-1.4%
$74.00
-23.3%
+30.4%$3.49B$670.18M29.89700Positive News

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This page (NYSE:ETR) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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