ETR vs. FE, PPL, ES, EIX, PNW, OGE, SO, DTE, FTS, and CNP Should you be buying Entergy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Entergy include FirstEnergy (FE), PPL (PPL), Eversource Energy (ES), Edison International (EIX), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), Southern (SO), DTE Energy (DTE), Fortis (FTS), and CenterPoint Energy (CNP). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE ) and Entergy (NYSE:ETR ) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
FirstEnergy pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Entergy pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. FirstEnergy pays out 97.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Entergy pays out 45.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstEnergy has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Entergy has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years.
FirstEnergy received 156 more outperform votes than Entergy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.41% of users gave FirstEnergy an outperform vote while only 49.04% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote.
FirstEnergy currently has a consensus target price of $39.80, suggesting a potential downside of 0.60%. Entergy has a consensus target price of $109.45, suggesting a potential downside of 3.16%. Given Entergy's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe FirstEnergy is more favorable than Entergy.
FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Entergy has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Entergy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FirstEnergy. Entergy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstEnergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Entergy has a net margin of 17.75% compared to Entergy's net margin of 8.22%. Entergy's return on equity of 12.45% beat FirstEnergy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Entergy had 9 more articles in the media than FirstEnergy. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Entergy and 12 mentions for FirstEnergy. FirstEnergy's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Entergy's score of 0.50 indicating that Entergy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
89.4% of FirstEnergy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Entergy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of FirstEnergy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Entergy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary Entergy beats FirstEnergy on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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