FE vs. ETR, PPL, EIX, ES, PNW, OGE, IDA, POR, ALE, and MGEE
Should you be buying FirstEnergy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FirstEnergy include Entergy (ETR), PPL (PPL), Edison International (EIX), 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.
FirstEnergy vs.
FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) and Entergy (NYSE:ETR) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Entergy had 16 more articles in the media than FirstEnergy. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Entergy and 28 mentions for FirstEnergy. Entergy's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat FirstEnergy's score of 0.82 indicating that Entergy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Entergy has a net margin of 8.90% compared to FirstEnergy's net margin of 6.64%. FirstEnergy's return on equity of 11.38% beat Entergy's return on equity.
FirstEnergy received 140 more outperform votes than Entergy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.23% of users gave FirstEnergy an outperform vote while only 49.79% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote.
FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Entergy has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FirstEnergy presently has a consensus target price of $45.17, suggesting a potential upside of 10.00%. Entergy has a consensus target price of $85.25, suggesting a potential upside of 3.26%. Given FirstEnergy's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe FirstEnergy is more favorable than Entergy.
89.4% of FirstEnergy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Entergy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of FirstEnergy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Entergy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
FirstEnergy pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Entergy pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. FirstEnergy pays out 104.7% 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 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.
Entergy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FirstEnergy. FirstEnergy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Entergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Entergy beats FirstEnergy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FE) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
