Evergy (EVRG) Competitors

Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) and Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Is EVRG or ET a better dividend stock?

Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Energy Transfer pays an annual dividend of $1.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Evergy pays out 70.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Energy Transfer pays out 99.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Evergy has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Energy Transfer has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EVRG or ET?

87.2% of Evergy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.2% of Energy Transfer shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Evergy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Energy Transfer shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is EVRG or ET more profitable?

Evergy has a net margin of 14.77% compared to Energy Transfer's net margin of 5.74%. Energy Transfer's return on equity of 11.56% beat Evergy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Evergy	14.77%	8.77%	2.72%
Energy Transfer	5.74%	11.56%	3.90%

Do analysts rate EVRG or ET?

Evergy currently has a consensus price target of $72.44, indicating a potential upside of 8.76%. Energy Transfer has a consensus price target of $22.64, indicating a potential upside of 27.23%. Given Energy Transfer's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Energy Transfer is more favorable than Evergy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Evergy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.11
Energy Transfer	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91

Which has more volatility and risk, EVRG or ET?

Evergy has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Transfer has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EVRG or ET?

Energy Transfer received 272 more outperform votes than Evergy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.36% of users gave Energy Transfer an outperform vote while only 60.96% of users gave Evergy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Evergy	Outperform Votes 139 60.96%	Underperform Votes 89 39.04%
Energy Transfer	Outperform Votes 411 72.36%	Underperform Votes 157 27.64%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, EVRG or ET?

Energy Transfer has higher revenue and earnings than Evergy. Energy Transfer is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Evergy	$5.89B	2.60	$731.30M	$3.80	17.53
Energy Transfer	$82.06B	0.74	$4.39B	$1.32	13.48

Does the media refer more to EVRG or ET?

In the previous week, Energy Transfer had 11 more articles in the media than Evergy. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Energy Transfer and 24 mentions for Evergy. Evergy's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Energy Transfer's score of 1.22 indicating that Evergy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Evergy	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Energy Transfer	25 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Energy Transfer beats Evergy on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.