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Genie Energy (GNE) Competitors

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$15.61 -0.04 (-0.26%)
(As of 11/20/2024 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.

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

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
NRG Energy3.43% 48.96% 4.73%
Genie Energy 0.80%21.48%12.24%

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

Genie Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
NRG Energy$28.12B0.68-$202M$3.9823.75
Genie Energy$427.22M0.99$19.54M$0.14111.50

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

97.7% of NRG Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.2% of Genie Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of NRG Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.5% of Genie Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments 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, 65.87% of users gave NRG Energy an outperform vote while only 57.62% of users gave Genie Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NRG EnergyOutperform Votes
685
65.87%
Underperform Votes
355
34.13%
Genie EnergyOutperform Votes
189
57.62%
Underperform Votes
139
42.38%

NRG Energy currently has a consensus target price of $98.29, indicating a potential upside of 3.98%. Given NRG Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Genie Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, NRG Energy had 21 more articles in the media than Genie Energy. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for NRG Energy and 4 mentions for Genie Energy. Genie Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat NRG Energy's score of 1.29 indicating that Genie Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NRG Energy
15 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Genie Energy
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

NRG Energy beats Genie Energy on 13 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$424.59M$20.91B$12.21B$19.90B
Dividend Yield1.90%3.45%4.04%3.54%
P/E Ratio111.4420.25101.0742.58
Price / Sales0.992.2831.5418.15
Price / Cash8.988.6918.3217.85
Price / Book2.321.832.335.66
Net Income$19.54M$896.09M$610.50M$984.91M
7 Day Performance-2.89%1.51%0.31%-0.16%
1 Month Performance-5.51%-4.90%-0.06%0.18%
1 Year Performance-36.52%7.20%9.02%23.71%

Genie Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GNE
Genie Energy
1.5364 of 5 stars
$15.61
-0.3%
N/A-36.5%$424.59M$427.22M111.51190Positive News
NRG
NRG Energy
4.5445 of 5 stars
$94.52
-0.4%
$98.29
+4.0%
+99.9%$19.22B$28.82B23.7518,131Analyst Forecast
Positive News
AES
AES
4.8897 of 5 stars
$13.28
-3.4%
$22.38
+68.5%
-22.8%$9.44B$12.67B9.229,600Options Volume
ORA
Ormat Technologies
3.7453 of 5 stars
$79.38
+0.2%
$84.50
+6.4%
+20.3%$4.80B$829.42M40.501,576Positive News
UTL
Unitil
2.7663 of 5 stars
$59.27
+0.9%
N/A+20.2%$951.12M$557.10M20.23536
NOVA
Sunnova Energy International
4.6134 of 5 stars
$4.23
+22.6%
$10.89
+157.8%
-61.6%$429.84M$720.65M0.002,047Insider Trade
ALCE
Alternus Clean Energy
N/A$1.38
-8.6%
N/AN/A$4.79M$20.08M0.00N/AUpcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
VVPR
VivoPower International
0.7787 of 5 stars
$0.85
+4.9%
N/A-54.9%$3.59M$15.06M0.00240
DUK
Duke Energy
4.586 of 5 stars
$113.78
+0.2%
$121.85
+7.1%
+27.4%$87.89B$29.06B20.9227,037Positive News
PCG
PG&E
3.7689 of 5 stars
$21.10
+0.5%
$22.80
+8.1%
+19.3%$54.92B$24.43B16.4828,010
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.7518 of 5 stars
$90.49
+0.4%
$86.69
-4.2%
+41.4%$44.89B$11.24B22.2312,543Dividend Announcement
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:GNE) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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