AEP vs. D, EIX, ETR, DTE, FE, PPL, ES, FTS, CNP, and NRG
Should you be buying American Electric Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Electric Power include Dominion Energy (D), Edison International (EIX), Entergy (ETR), DTE Energy (DTE), FirstEnergy (FE), PPL (PPL), Eversource Energy (ES), Fortis (FTS), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), and NRG Energy (NRG). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) and American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Dominion Energy received 496 more outperform votes than American Electric Power when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.71% of users gave American Electric Power an outperform vote while only 52.71% of users gave Dominion Energy an outperform vote.
American Electric Power has a net margin of 14.60% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 11.57%. Dominion Energy's return on equity of 11.23% beat American Electric Power's return on equity.
Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Electric Power has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dominion Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Dominion Energy pays out 137.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Electric Power pays out 65.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Electric Power has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
American Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than Dominion Energy. American Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dominion Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.0% of Dominion Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Dominion Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Dominion Energy currently has a consensus price target of $51.73, indicating a potential downside of 2.59%. American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $88.43, indicating a potential downside of 0.42%. Given Dominion Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Electric Power is more favorable than Dominion Energy.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 12 more articles in the media than Dominion Energy. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for American Electric Power and 14 mentions for Dominion Energy. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Dominion Energy's score of 0.68 indicating that Dominion Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
American Electric Power beats Dominion Energy on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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