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EVRG vs. AEP, LNT, AEE, CMS, DUK, NI, OGE, PPL, SO, and WEC

Should you be buying Evergy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Evergy include American Electric Power (AEP), Alliant Energy (LNT), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), Duke Energy (DUK), NiSource (NI), OGE Energy (OGE), PPL (PPL), Southern (SO), and WEC Energy Group (WEC). These companies are all part of the "util - elec pwr" industry.

Evergy vs. Its Competitors

American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) and Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. American Electric Power pays out 71.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Evergy pays out 70.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. American Electric Power has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Evergy has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Evergy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

American Electric Power currently has a consensus target price of $108.31, suggesting a potential downside of 1.43%. Evergy has a consensus target price of $74.06, suggesting a potential upside of 6.05%. Given Evergy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Evergy is more favorable than American Electric Power.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Electric Power
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.31
Evergy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11

In the previous week, American Electric Power had 4 more articles in the media than Evergy. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for American Electric Power and 22 mentions for Evergy. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Evergy's score of 0.84 indicating that American Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Electric Power
17 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Evergy
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

American Electric Power has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evergy has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Electric Power$19.72B2.98$2.97B$5.1921.17
Evergy$5.85B2.75$873.50M$3.8018.38

Evergy has a net margin of 14.87% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 13.73%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 11.68% beat Evergy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Electric Power13.73% 11.68% 3.08%
Evergy 14.87%8.84%2.73%

75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of Evergy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Evergy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Evergy beats American Electric Power on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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EVRG vs. The Competition

MetricEvergyUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$16.07B$25.31B$16.76B$9.52B
Dividend Yield3.84%3.67%5.28%3.99%
P/E Ratio18.3834.8720.2820.02
Price / Sales2.754.08201.53104.32
Price / Cash7.668.9619.1158.97
Price / Book1.612.262.165.90
Net Income$873.50M$1.43B$751.46M$258.50M
7 Day Performance1.36%1.82%0.74%2.12%
1 Month Performance2.42%4.27%26.01%12.62%
1 Year Performance23.98%19.86%204.08%19.25%

Evergy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EVRG
Evergy
3.4538 of 5 stars
$69.84
+0.1%
$74.06
+6.1%
+24.1%$16.07B$5.85B18.384,731
AEP
American Electric Power
4.2492 of 5 stars
$105.02
-0.3%
$108.31
+3.1%
+14.7%$56.10B$19.72B20.2416,330Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.139 of 5 stars
$62.59
+0.8%
$64.23
+2.6%
+17.2%$16.08B$3.98B21.582,998Positive News
Dividend Announcement
AEE
Ameren
4.2103 of 5 stars
$96.55
+0.4%
$101.27
+4.9%
+30.1%$26.10B$7.62B21.418,981Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
CMS
CMS Energy
3.9797 of 5 stars
$70.59
+0.3%
$77.00
+9.1%
+16.8%$21.11B$7.79B20.958,324Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
DUK
Duke Energy
4.3484 of 5 stars
$117.96
+0.4%
$126.88
+7.6%
+10.3%$91.69B$30.36B19.5626,413Trending News
Analyst Revision
NI
NiSource
4.1181 of 5 stars
$39.95
+0.9%
$41.50
+3.9%
+35.2%$18.80B$5.46B21.597,746Positive News
OGE
OGE Energy
4.0045 of 5 stars
$44.51
+0.5%
$46.80
+5.1%
+19.1%$8.96B$2.99B18.392,291Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PPL
PPL
2.7358 of 5 stars
$34.76
+1.4%
$36.70
+5.6%
+25.5%$25.69B$8.46B25.746,653Upcoming Earnings
SO
Southern
4.1648 of 5 stars
$92.74
+0.1%
$92.93
+0.2%
+14.9%$101.93B$27.85B22.1328,600Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
WEC
WEC Energy Group
4.5489 of 5 stars
$105.84
+0.3%
$106.40
+0.5%
+31.2%$33.78B$8.60B20.637,017Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:EVRG) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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