Genie Energy (GNE) Competitors

NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) and Genie Energy (NYSE:GNE) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NRG or GNE?

97.7% of NRG Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.2% of Genie Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of NRG Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of Genie Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NRG or GNE a better dividend stock?

NRG Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Genie Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. NRG Energy pays out 28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Genie Energy pays out 214.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NRG Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to NRG or GNE?

In the previous week, NRG Energy had 24 more articles in the media than Genie Energy. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for NRG Energy and 0 mentions for Genie Energy. NRG Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Genie Energy's score of 1.35 indicating that NRG Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
NRG Energy	Positive
Genie Energy	Positive

Do analysts recommend NRG or GNE?

NRG Energy currently has a consensus target price of $151.80, indicating a potential upside of 4.76%. Given NRG Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe NRG Energy is more favorable than Genie Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NRG Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
Genie Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk & volatility, NRG or GNE?

NRG Energy has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genie Energy has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NRG or GNE more profitable?

NRG Energy has a net margin of 4.66% compared to Genie Energy's net margin of 3.41%. NRG Energy's return on equity of 73.78% beat Genie Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NRG Energy	4.66%	73.78%	6.59%
Genie Energy	3.41%	10.16%	5.42%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, NRG or GNE?

NRG Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Genie Energy. NRG Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genie Energy, 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
NRG Energy	$28.13B	1.01	$1.13B	$6.20	23.37
Genie Energy	$425.20M	1.35	$12.59M	$0.14	153.02

Summary

NRG Energy beats Genie Energy on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.