PNW vs. ETR, PPL, FE, EIX, ES, OGE, IDA, POR, ALE, and OTTR
Should you be buying Pinnacle West Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pinnacle West Capital include Entergy (ETR), PPL (PPL), FirstEnergy (FE), Edison International (EIX), Eversource Energy (ES), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR), ALLETE (ALE), and Otter Tail (OTTR). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.
Pinnacle West Capital vs.
Entergy (NYSE:ETR) and Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Entergy currently has a consensus target price of $84.75, suggesting a potential upside of 2.30%. Pinnacle West Capital has a consensus target price of $95.17, suggesting a potential upside of 3.83%. Given Pinnacle West Capital's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pinnacle West Capital is more favorable than Entergy.
Entergy pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. 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. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 68.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pinnacle West Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Entergy received 75 more outperform votes than Pinnacle West Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.68% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote while only 41.75% of users gave Pinnacle West Capital an outperform vote.
88.1% of Entergy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Entergy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Entergy had 36 more articles in the media than Pinnacle West Capital. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Entergy and 17 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital. Entergy's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Pinnacle West Capital's score of 1.09 indicating that Entergy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pinnacle West Capital has a net margin of 12.26% compared to Entergy's net margin of 8.90%. Entergy's return on equity of 10.68% beat Pinnacle West Capital's return on equity.
Entergy has higher revenue and earnings than Pinnacle West Capital. Pinnacle West Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Entergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Entergy has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Entergy beats Pinnacle West Capital on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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