TXNM Energy (TXNM) Competitors

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

Is ETR or TXNM a better dividend stock?

Entergy pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. TXNM Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Entergy pays out 58.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TXNM Energy pays out 84.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts prefer ETR or TXNM?

Entergy presently has a consensus price target of $77.40, suggesting a potential upside of 3.03%. TXNM Energy has a consensus price target of $52.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.49%. Given TXNM Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TXNM Energy is more favorable than Entergy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Entergy	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
TXNM Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has more risk and volatility, ETR or TXNM?

Entergy has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TXNM Energy has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ETR or TXNM more profitable?

Entergy has a net margin of 14.83% compared to TXNM Energy's net margin of 9.26%. TXNM Energy's return on equity of 9.69% beat Entergy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Entergy	14.83%	9.53%	2.25%
TXNM Energy	9.26%	9.69%	2.26%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ETR or TXNM?

Entergy received 456 more outperform votes than TXNM Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave TXNM Energy an outperform vote while only 49.57% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Entergy	Outperform Votes 461 49.57%	Underperform Votes 469 50.43%
TXNM Energy	Outperform Votes 5 62.50%	Underperform Votes 3 37.50%

Which has better valuation and earnings, ETR or TXNM?

Entergy has higher revenue and earnings than TXNM Energy. Entergy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TXNM 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
Entergy	$11.86B	2.72	$2.36B	$4.11	18.28
TXNM Energy	$1.91B	2.27	$88.35M	$1.92	24.96

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ETR or TXNM?

88.1% of Entergy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of TXNM Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Entergy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of TXNM Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to ETR or TXNM?

In the previous week, Entergy had 18 more articles in the media than TXNM Energy. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Entergy and 2 mentions for TXNM Energy. TXNM Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Entergy's score of 0.33 indicating that TXNM Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Entergy	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TXNM Energy	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Entergy beats TXNM Energy on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.