AEP vs. D, EPD, ET, EXC, XEL, EIX, CQP, DTE, VST, and ETR
Should you be buying American Electric Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Electric Power include Dominion Energy (D), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Edison International (EIX), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), DTE Energy (DTE), Vistra (VST), and Entergy (ETR).
American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) and Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
American Electric Power has a net margin of 14.60% compared to Dominion Energy's net margin of 11.57%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 11.23% beat Dominion Energy's return on equity.
American Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than Dominion Energy. American Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dominion Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Electric Power has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dominion Energy received 495 more outperform votes than American Electric Power when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.24% of users gave American Electric Power an outperform vote while only 52.66% of users gave Dominion Energy an outperform vote.
American Electric Power presently has a consensus target price of $88.77, suggesting a potential downside of 7.96%. Dominion Energy has a consensus target price of $51.64, suggesting a potential downside of 2.02%. Given Dominion Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dominion Energy is more favorable than American Electric Power.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 16 more articles in the media than Dominion Energy. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for American Electric Power and 15 mentions for Dominion Energy. Dominion Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat American Electric Power's score of 0.75 indicating that Dominion Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Dominion Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. American Electric Power pays out 65.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dominion Energy pays out 137.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
75.2% of American Electric Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.0% of Dominion Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Dominion Energy shares are owned 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.
Summary
American Electric Power beats Dominion Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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