OGE Energy (OGE) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, OGE or ETR?

OGE Energy has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Entergy has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to OGE or ETR?

In the previous week, Entergy had 33 more articles in the media than OGE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Entergy and 3 mentions for OGE Energy. Entergy's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat OGE Energy's score of 0.84 indicating that Entergy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
OGE Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Entergy	22 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend OGE or ETR?

OGE Energy currently has a consensus price target of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.56%. Entergy has a consensus price target of $79.81, indicating a potential downside of 1.68%. Given OGE Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly 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)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Entergy	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79

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 4.0%. Entergy pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. OGE Energy pays out 87.0% 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 58.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OGE or ETR?

Entergy received 169 more outperform votes than OGE Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.60% of users gave OGE Energy an outperform vote while only 49.57% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
OGE Energy	Outperform Votes 294 50.60%	Underperform Votes 287 49.40%
Entergy	Outperform Votes 463 49.57%	Underperform Votes 471 50.43%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, OGE or ETR?

Entergy has higher revenue and earnings than OGE Energy. Entergy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OGE 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
OGE Energy	$2.67B	3.17	$416.80M	$1.93	21.88
Entergy	$12.15B	2.87	$2.36B	$4.11	19.77

Is OGE or ETR more profitable?

Entergy has a net margin of 14.83% compared to OGE Energy's net margin of 13.89%. Entergy's return on equity of 9.53% beat OGE Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OGE Energy	13.89%	8.59%	2.96%
Entergy	14.83%	9.53%	2.25%

Summary

Entergy beats OGE Energy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.