OGE Energy (OGE) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ETR or OGE?

88.1% of Entergy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of OGE Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Entergy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of OGE Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ETR or OGE?

Entergy received 173 more outperform votes than OGE Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.43% of users gave OGE Energy an outperform vote while only 49.68% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Entergy	Outperform Votes 467 49.68%	Underperform Votes 473 50.32%
OGE Energy	Outperform Votes 294 50.43%	Underperform Votes 289 49.57%

Do analysts recommend ETR or OGE?

Entergy currently has a consensus target price of $84.75, indicating a potential downside of 0.16%. OGE Energy has a consensus target price of $45.67, indicating a potential downside of 0.62%. Given Entergy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Entergy is more favorable than OGE Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Entergy	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
OGE Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has more risk & volatility, ETR or OGE?

Entergy has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OGE Energy has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ETR or OGE?

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
Entergy	$11.88B	3.08	$2.36B	$2.43	34.93
OGE Energy	$2.99B	3.10	$416.80M	$2.20	20.89

Is ETR or OGE 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
Entergy	8.90%	10.68%	2.49%
OGE Energy	14.79%	9.71%	3.31%

Is ETR or OGE a better dividend stock?

Entergy pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. OGE Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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 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. OGE Energy has increased 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.

Does the media favor ETR or OGE?

In the previous week, Entergy had 35 more articles in the media than OGE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Entergy and 13 mentions for OGE Energy. OGE Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Entergy's score of 1.47 indicating that OGE Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Entergy	43 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
OGE Energy	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

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