LNT vs. NI, EVRG, CMS, AEE, ALE, AVA, NOVA, WEC, XEL, and ED
Should you be buying Alliant Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alliant Energy include NiSource (NI), Evergy (EVRG), CMS Energy (CMS), Ameren (AEE), ALLETE (ALE), Avista (AVA), Sunnova Energy International (NOVA), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Xcel Energy (XEL), and Consolidated Edison (ED). These companies are all part of the "electric & other services combined" industry.
Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) and NiSource (NYSE:NI) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NiSource has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Alliant Energy had 13 more articles in the media than NiSource. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Alliant Energy and 6 mentions for NiSource. NiSource's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Alliant Energy's score of 0.96 indicating that NiSource is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NiSource has higher revenue and earnings than Alliant Energy. Alliant Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NiSource, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alliant Energy has a net margin of 17.53% compared to NiSource's net margin of 14.23%. Alliant Energy's return on equity of 10.57% beat NiSource's return on equity.
Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. NiSource pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Alliant Energy pays out 69.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NiSource pays out 69.3% 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.
79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of NiSource shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of NiSource shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Alliant Energy presently has a consensus price target of $51.38, indicating a potential upside of 2.85%. NiSource has a consensus price target of $29.71, indicating a potential upside of 5.97%. Given NiSource's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NiSource is more favorable than Alliant Energy.
NiSource received 393 more outperform votes than Alliant Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.10% of users gave NiSource an outperform vote while only 34.33% of users gave Alliant Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
NiSource beats Alliant Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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