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Genie Energy (GNE) Competitors

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$15.94 -0.10 (-0.62%)
(As of 10:53 AM ET)

GNE vs. NRG, AES, ORA, UTL, NOVA, ALCE, VVPR, DUK, PCG, and PEG

Should you be buying Genie Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genie Energy include NRG Energy (NRG), AES (AES), Ormat Technologies (ORA), Unitil (UTL), Sunnova Energy International (NOVA), Alternus Clean Energy (ALCE), VivoPower International (VVPR), Duke Energy (DUK), PG&E (PCG), and Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG).

Genie Energy vs.

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

Genie Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. NRG Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. 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 pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

NRG Energy has a net margin of 3.43% compared to Genie Energy's net margin of 0.80%. NRG Energy's return on equity of 48.96% beat Genie Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Genie Energy0.80% 21.48% 12.24%
NRG Energy 3.43%48.96%4.73%

NRG Energy has a consensus price target of $97.43, indicating a potential upside of 4.07%. Given NRG Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NRG Energy is more favorable than Genie Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Genie Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
NRG Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

Genie Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NRG 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Genie Energy$428.71M1.00$19.54M$0.14113.87
NRG Energy$28.82B0.66-$202M$3.9823.52

In the previous week, NRG Energy had 33 more articles in the media than Genie Energy. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for NRG Energy and 6 mentions for Genie Energy. NRG Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Genie Energy's score of 0.82 indicating that NRG Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Genie Energy
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
NRG Energy
19 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

49.2% of Genie Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of NRG Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 16.5% of Genie Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of NRG Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

NRG Energy received 496 more outperform votes than Genie Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.93% of users gave NRG Energy an outperform vote while only 57.62% of users gave Genie Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Genie EnergyOutperform Votes
189
57.62%
Underperform Votes
139
42.38%
NRG EnergyOutperform Votes
685
65.93%
Underperform Votes
354
34.07%

Genie Energy has a beta of 0.09, suggesting that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NRG Energy has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NRG Energy beats Genie Energy on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GNE vs. The Competition

MetricGenie EnergyElectric & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$428.63M$21.08B$12.13B$19.90B
Dividend Yield1.87%3.46%4.07%3.50%
P/E Ratio113.8720.67102.2744.87
Price / Sales1.002.1233.4918.40
Price / Cash9.158.6418.3221.68
Price / Book2.141.752.274.65
Net Income$19.54M$896.09M$615.03M$982.08M
7 Day Performance-6.01%0.98%-0.39%-0.80%
1 Month Performance-1.42%-3.26%-0.22%1.67%
1 Year Performance-37.55%5.71%10.02%25.92%

Genie Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GNE
Genie Energy
1.6908 of 5 stars
$15.94
-0.6%
N/A-32.7%$428.63M$428.71M113.87190
NRG
NRG Energy
4.6235 of 5 stars
$94.28
-1.9%
N/A+100.7%$19.46B$28.82B23.6918,131Analyst Forecast
AES
AES
4.8842 of 5 stars
$13.89
+2.1%
N/A-12.3%$9.67B$12.67B9.659,600
ORA
Ormat Technologies
3.6559 of 5 stars
$83.84
+0.9%
N/A+34.2%$5.07B$829.42M42.781,576Analyst Revision
UTL
Unitil
3.1277 of 5 stars
$60.27
+0.8%
N/A+24.9%$975.71M$496.90M20.57536
NOVA
Sunnova Energy International
4.356 of 5 stars
$3.49
+10.8%
N/A-60.1%$435.45M$720.65M-1.042,047Gap Up
ALCE
Alternus Clean Energy
N/A$1.98
-2.0%
N/AN/A$6.87M$20.08M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
Positive News
VVPR
VivoPower International
0.9912 of 5 stars
$0.77
flat
N/A-55.9%$3.42M$12.24M0.00240
DUK
Duke Energy
4.5984 of 5 stars
$112.46
-0.7%
N/A+27.9%$86.84B$29.06B20.6727,037Earnings Report
PCG
PG&E
3.9626 of 5 stars
$21.09
+2.4%
N/A+28.5%$55.15B$24.43B16.4828,010Earnings Report
News Coverage
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.7732 of 5 stars
$87.94
+2.5%
N/A+42.0%$43.81B$11.24B21.6112,543Insider Selling

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