ES vs. DUK, EIX, ETR, FE, PPL, PNW, OGE, IDA, POR, and OTTR
Should you be buying Eversource Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eversource Energy include Duke Energy (DUK), Edison International (EIX), Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), PPL (PPL), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR), and Otter Tail (OTTR). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.
Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) and Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
Duke Energy received 138 more outperform votes than Eversource Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.72% of users gave Duke Energy an outperform vote while only 47.48% of users gave Eversource Energy an outperform vote.
65.3% of Duke Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Eversource Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Duke Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Eversource Energy shares are held 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.
Duke Energy has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eversource Energy has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Duke Energy has a net margin of 10.78% compared to Duke Energy's net margin of -3.60%. Duke Energy's return on equity of 10.32% beat Eversource Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Duke Energy had 12 more articles in the media than Eversource Energy. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Duke Energy and 8 mentions for Eversource Energy. Duke Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Eversource Energy's score of 0.81 indicating that Eversource Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Duke Energy currently has a consensus price target of $101.85, indicating a potential upside of 0.27%. Eversource Energy has a consensus price target of $65.86, indicating a potential upside of 14.63%. Given Duke Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Eversource Energy is more favorable than Duke Energy.
Duke Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Eversource Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Duke Energy pays out 103.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Eversource Energy pays out -242.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Duke Energy has increased its dividend for 19 consecutive years and Eversource Energy has increased its dividend for 26 consecutive years. Eversource Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Duke Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Eversource Energy. Eversource Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Duke Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Duke Energy and Eversource Energy tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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