PNM vs. PNW, OGE, IDA, POR, OTTR, ALE, MGEE, ARRY, HE, and UTL
Should you be buying PNM Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PNM Resources include Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR), Otter Tail (OTTR), ALLETE (ALE), MGE Energy (MGEE), Array Technologies (ARRY), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), and Unitil (UTL). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.
PNM Resources (NYSE:PNM) and Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and profitability.
91.7% of PNM Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of PNM Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
PNM Resources has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, PNM Resources had 3 more articles in the media than Pinnacle West Capital. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for PNM Resources and 14 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital. Pinnacle West Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat PNM Resources' score of 0.50 indicating that Pinnacle West Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PNM Resources received 16 more outperform votes than Pinnacle West Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.36% of users gave PNM Resources an outperform vote while only 42.05% of users gave Pinnacle West Capital an outperform vote.
PNM Resources currently has a consensus target price of $43.40, indicating a potential upside of 16.64%. Pinnacle West Capital has a consensus target price of $76.04, indicating a potential upside of 0.48%. Given PNM Resources' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe PNM Resources is more favorable than Pinnacle West Capital.
Pinnacle West Capital has a net margin of 11.09% compared to PNM Resources' net margin of 4.38%. PNM Resources' return on equity of 9.91% beat Pinnacle West Capital's return on equity.
Pinnacle West Capital has higher revenue and earnings than PNM Resources. Pinnacle West Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PNM Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PNM Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. PNM Resources pays out 170.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 76.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pinnacle West Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Pinnacle West Capital beats PNM Resources on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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