PNW vs. EVRG, LNT, AEE, CMS, DUK, NI, OGE, PPL, SO, and WEC
Should you be buying Pinnacle West Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pinnacle West Capital include Evergy (EVRG), Alliant Energy (LNT), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), Duke Energy (DUK), NiSource (NI), OGE Energy (OGE), PPL (PPL), Southern (SO), and WEC Energy Group (WEC). These companies are all part of the "util - elec pwr" industry.
Pinnacle West Capital vs. Its Competitors
Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) and Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.
Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 71.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Evergy pays out 70.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Evergy has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Evergy had 25 more articles in the media than Pinnacle West Capital. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Evergy and 12 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital. Pinnacle West Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Evergy's score of 0.50 indicating that Pinnacle West Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of Evergy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Evergy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Pinnacle West Capital presently has a consensus price target of $96.89, indicating a potential upside of 7.63%. Evergy has a consensus price target of $73.19, indicating a potential upside of 8.06%. Given Evergy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Evergy is more favorable than Pinnacle West Capital.
Evergy has a net margin of 14.87% compared to Pinnacle West Capital's net margin of 11.28%. Evergy's return on equity of 8.84% beat Pinnacle West Capital's return on equity.
Evergy has higher revenue and earnings than Pinnacle West Capital. Evergy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinnacle West Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evergy has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Evergy beats Pinnacle West Capital on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:PNW) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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