POR vs. PNW, OGE, IDA, ALE, MGEE, OTTR, HE, ARRY, UTL, and NEE
Should you be buying Portland General Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Portland General Electric include Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), ALLETE (ALE), MGE Energy (MGEE), Otter Tail (OTTR), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), Array Technologies (ARRY), Unitil (UTL), and NextEra Energy (NEE). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.
Portland General Electric vs.
Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) and Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Pinnacle West Capital had 3 more articles in the media than Portland General Electric. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital and 6 mentions for Portland General Electric. Pinnacle West Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Portland General Electric's score of 0.24 indicating that Pinnacle West Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pinnacle West Capital has a net margin of 12.26% compared to Portland General Electric's net margin of 10.30%. Portland General Electric's return on equity of 10.28% beat Pinnacle West Capital's return on equity.
Pinnacle West Capital received 22 more outperform votes than Portland General Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 45.82% of users gave Portland General Electric an outperform vote while only 41.69% of users gave Pinnacle West Capital an outperform vote.
Portland General Electric has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Portland General Electric currently has a consensus price target of $48.88, suggesting a potential upside of 16.74%. Pinnacle West Capital has a consensus price target of $84.65, suggesting a potential downside of 2.42%. Given Portland General Electric's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Portland General Electric is more favorable than Pinnacle West Capital.
91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Portland General Electric shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Portland General Electric pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Portland General Electric pays out 59.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 67.8% 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. Pinnacle West Capital has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Portland General Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Pinnacle West Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Portland General Electric. Portland General Electric 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.
Summary
Pinnacle West Capital beats Portland General Electric on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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