Genie Energy (GNE) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GNE or NRG?

NRG Energy received 497 more outperform votes than Genie Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.90% of users gave NRG Energy an outperform vote while only 57.62% of users gave Genie Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Genie Energy	Outperform Votes 189 57.62%	Underperform Votes 139 42.38%
NRG Energy	Outperform Votes 686 65.90%	Underperform Votes 355 34.10%

Which has more risk and volatility, GNE or NRG?

Genie Energy has a beta of 0.07, suggesting that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NRG Energy has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GNE or NRG more profitable?

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 Energy	0.80%	21.48%	12.24%
NRG Energy	3.43%	48.96%	4.73%

Do analysts prefer GNE or NRG?

NRG Energy has a consensus target price of $102.71, indicating a potential downside of 1.71%. Given NRG Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Which has better earnings & valuation, GNE or NRG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Genie Energy	$428.71M	0.94	$19.54M	$0.14	105.43
NRG Energy	$28.82B	0.73	-$202M	$3.98	26.26

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GNE or NRG?

49.2% of Genie Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of NRG Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.5% of Genie Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of NRG Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer GNE or NRG?

In the previous week, NRG Energy had 9 more articles in the media than Genie Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for NRG Energy and 1 mentions for Genie Energy. NRG Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Genie Energy's score of 1.18 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NRG Energy	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GNE or NRG a better dividend stock?

Genie Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. NRG Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. 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.

Summary

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