NGG vs. CEG, EPD, ET, VST, AEP, TRP, EXC, XEL, CQP, and FTS
Should you be buying National Grid stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Grid include Constellation Energy (CEG), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), Vistra (VST), American Electric Power (AEP), TC Energy (TRP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), and Fortis (FTS). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
National Grid vs.
Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) and National Grid (NYSE:NGG) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Constellation Energy has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Grid has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
National Grid has higher revenue and earnings than Constellation Energy.
National Grid received 345 more outperform votes than Constellation Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.50% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote while only 58.78% of users gave National Grid an outperform vote.
82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of National Grid shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by company 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.
Constellation Energy currently has a consensus price target of $289.86, suggesting a potential downside of 8.38%. Given Constellation Energy's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Constellation Energy is more favorable than National Grid.
Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. National Grid pays an annual dividend of $2.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Constellation Energy pays out 15.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Constellation Energy has a net margin of 11.93% compared to National Grid's net margin of 0.00%. Constellation Energy's return on equity of 16.26% beat National Grid's return on equity.
In the previous week, Constellation Energy had 5 more articles in the media than National Grid. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Constellation Energy and 8 mentions for National Grid. National Grid's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Constellation Energy's score of 0.51 indicating that National Grid is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Constellation Energy beats National Grid on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NGG) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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