National Grid (NGG) Competitors

National Grid (NYSE:NGG) and Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

Do analysts prefer NGG or CEG?

Constellation Energy has a consensus target price of $293.43, indicating a potential upside of 3.16%. Given Constellation Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Constellation Energy is more favorable than National Grid.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Grid	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Constellation Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, NGG or CEG?

National Grid has higher revenue and earnings than Constellation Energy.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
National Grid	$24.95B	2.40	$2.88B	N/A	N/A
Constellation Energy	$23.57B	3.78	$1.62B	$11.89	23.92

Is NGG or CEG more profitable?

Constellation Energy has a net margin of 15.91% compared to National Grid's net margin of 0.00%. Constellation Energy's return on equity of 21.96% beat National Grid's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Grid	N/A	N/A	N/A
Constellation Energy	15.91%	21.96%	5.26%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NGG or CEG?

4.7% of National Grid shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by 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.

Does the media prefer NGG or CEG?

In the previous week, Constellation Energy had 9 more articles in the media than National Grid. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Constellation Energy and 11 mentions for National Grid. Constellation Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat National Grid's score of 0.48 indicating that Constellation Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
National Grid	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Constellation Energy	8 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NGG or CEG?

National Grid received 346 more outperform votes than Constellation Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.26% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote while only 58.76% of users gave National Grid an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
National Grid	Outperform Votes 513 58.76%	Underperform Votes 360 41.24%
Constellation Energy	Outperform Votes 167 63.26%	Underperform Votes 97 36.74%

Which has more risk and volatility, NGG or CEG?

National Grid has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Constellation Energy has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NGG or CEG a better dividend stock?

National Grid pays an annual dividend of $2.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Constellation Energy pays out 13.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Constellation Energy beats National Grid on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.