OGE Energy (OGE) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OGE or ETR?

Entergy received 174 more outperform votes than OGE Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.34% of users gave OGE Energy an outperform vote while only 49.79% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
OGE Energy	Outperform Votes 295 50.34%	Underperform Votes 291 49.66%
Entergy	Outperform Votes 469 49.79%	Underperform Votes 473 50.21%

Do analysts rate OGE or ETR?

OGE Energy currently has a consensus price target of $46.25, suggesting a potential upside of 2.30%. Entergy has a consensus price target of $85.25, suggesting a potential upside of 0.26%. Given OGE Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe OGE Energy is more favorable than Entergy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OGE Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Entergy	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Is OGE or ETR more profitable?

OGE Energy has a net margin of 14.79% compared to Entergy's net margin of 8.90%. Entergy's return on equity of 10.68% beat OGE Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OGE Energy	14.79%	9.71%	3.31%
Entergy	8.90%	10.68%	2.49%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in OGE or ETR?

71.8% of OGE Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Entergy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of OGE Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Entergy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is OGE or ETR a better dividend stock?

OGE Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Entergy pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. OGE Energy pays out 76.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Entergy pays out 98.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OGE Energy has raised its dividend for 18 consecutive years. OGE Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, OGE or ETR?

Entergy has higher revenue and earnings than OGE Energy. OGE Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Entergy, 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
OGE Energy	$2.99B	3.05	$416.80M	$2.20	20.55
Entergy	$11.88B	3.08	$2.36B	$2.43	34.99

Which has more volatility and risk, OGE or ETR?

OGE Energy has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Entergy has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to OGE or ETR?

In the previous week, Entergy had 26 more articles in the media than OGE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Entergy and 14 mentions for OGE Energy. OGE Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Entergy's score of 1.40 indicating that OGE Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
OGE Energy	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Entergy	33 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Entergy beats OGE Energy on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.