ETR vs. SO, DUK, PPL, FE, EIX, ES, PNW, OGE, IDA, and POR
Should you be buying Entergy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Entergy include Southern (SO), Duke Energy (DUK), PPL (PPL), FirstEnergy (FE), Edison International (EIX), Eversource Energy (ES), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), and Portland General Electric (POR). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.
Entergy vs.
Entergy (NYSE:ETR) and Southern (NYSE:SO) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.
Southern has higher revenue and earnings than Entergy. Southern is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Entergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Entergy had 20 more articles in the media than Southern. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Entergy and 31 mentions for Southern. Southern's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Entergy's score of 1.19 indicating that Southern is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Southern has a net margin of 16.47% compared to Entergy's net margin of 8.90%. Southern's return on equity of 12.23% beat Entergy's return on equity.
Southern received 68 more outperform votes than Entergy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 49.68% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote while only 49.49% of users gave Southern an outperform vote.
Entergy has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Entergy pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Southern pays an annual dividend of $2.88 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. Southern pays out 71.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southern has raised its dividend for 24 consecutive years. Southern is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Entergy presently has a consensus target price of $84.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.21%. Southern has a consensus target price of $91.46, indicating a potential upside of 4.25%. Given Southern's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Southern is more favorable than Entergy.
88.1% of Entergy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of Southern shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Entergy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Southern shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Southern beats Entergy on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ETR) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
