ETR vs. FE, ES, PPL, EIX, PNW, OGE, SO, DTE, VST, and FTS
Should you be buying Entergy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Entergy include FirstEnergy (FE), Eversource Energy (ES), PPL (PPL), Edison International (EIX), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), Southern (SO), DTE Energy (DTE), Vistra (VST), and Fortis (FTS). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Entergy (NYSE:ETR) and FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
FirstEnergy received 156 more outperform votes than Entergy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.46% of users gave FirstEnergy an outperform vote while only 49.04% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote.
88.1% of Entergy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.4% of FirstEnergy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Entergy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of FirstEnergy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Entergy has a net margin of 17.75% compared to FirstEnergy's net margin of 8.22%. FirstEnergy's return on equity of 13.21% beat Entergy's return on equity.
Entergy presently has a consensus price target of $109.45, suggesting a potential upside of 2.77%. FirstEnergy has a consensus price target of $39.80, suggesting a potential upside of 4.38%. Given FirstEnergy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FirstEnergy is more favorable than Entergy.
Entergy has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Entergy pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. FirstEnergy pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Entergy pays out 45.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstEnergy pays out 94.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, FirstEnergy had 12 more articles in the media than Entergy. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for FirstEnergy and 27 mentions for Entergy. FirstEnergy's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Entergy's score of 0.30 indicating that FirstEnergy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Entergy has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Summary
FirstEnergy beats Entergy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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