POR vs. PNW, OGE, IDA, OTTR, ALE, PNM, MGEE, ARRY, HE, and UTL
Should you be buying Portland General Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Portland General Electric include Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Otter Tail (OTTR), ALLETE (ALE), PNM Resources (PNM), MGE Energy (MGEE), Array Technologies (ARRY), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), and Unitil (UTL). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.
Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) and Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, Pinnacle West Capital had 14 more articles in the media than Portland General Electric. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital and 2 mentions for Portland General Electric. Pinnacle West Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Portland General Electric's score of 1.06 indicating that Portland General Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pinnacle West Capital presently has a consensus price target of $76.04, indicating a potential upside of 0.46%. Portland General Electric has a consensus price target of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.80%. Given Pinnacle West Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Portland General Electric is more favorable than Pinnacle West Capital.
Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Portland General Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. 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. Portland General Electric pays out 72.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Portland General Electric has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Portland General Electric shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Pinnacle West Capital received 24 more outperform votes than Portland General Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 46.17% of users gave Portland General Electric an outperform vote while only 42.05% of users gave Pinnacle West Capital an outperform vote.
Pinnacle West Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Portland General Electric. Portland General Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinnacle West Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Portland General Electric has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pinnacle West Capital has a net margin of 11.09% compared to Pinnacle West Capital's net margin of 8.51%. Pinnacle West Capital's return on equity of 8.50% beat Portland General Electric's return on equity.
Summary
Pinnacle West Capital beats Portland General Electric on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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