FE vs. ETR, PPL, ES, EIX, PNW, OGE, SO, DTE, FTS, and CNP
Should you be buying FirstEnergy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FirstEnergy include Entergy (ETR), PPL (PPL), Eversource Energy (ES), Edison International (EIX), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), Southern (SO), DTE Energy (DTE), Fortis (FTS), and CenterPoint Energy (CNP). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) and Entergy (NYSE:ETR) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.
FirstEnergy pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Entergy pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. FirstEnergy pays out 97.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Entergy pays out 45.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
89.4% of FirstEnergy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Entergy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of FirstEnergy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Entergy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Entergy had 8 more articles in the media than FirstEnergy. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Entergy and 12 mentions for FirstEnergy. Entergy's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat FirstEnergy's score of 0.39 indicating that Entergy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FirstEnergy currently has a consensus target price of $39.80, indicating a potential downside of 0.59%. Entergy has a consensus target price of $109.45, indicating a potential downside of 3.16%. Given FirstEnergy's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe FirstEnergy is more favorable than Entergy.
FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Entergy has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Entergy has a net margin of 17.75% compared to FirstEnergy's net margin of 8.22%. FirstEnergy's return on equity of 12.45% beat Entergy's return on equity.
Entergy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FirstEnergy. Entergy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstEnergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FirstEnergy received 156 more outperform votes than Entergy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.41% of users gave FirstEnergy an outperform vote while only 49.04% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote.
Summary
Entergy beats FirstEnergy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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