Exelon (EXC) Competitors

National Grid (NYSE:NGG) and Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking and dividends.

Do analysts recommend NGG or EXC?

Exelon has a consensus target price of $48.22, suggesting a potential upside of 4.12%. Given Exelon's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Exelon is more favorable than National Grid.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Grid	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Exelon	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Is NGG or EXC a better dividend stock?

National Grid pays an annual dividend of $2.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Exelon pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. National Grid pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exelon pays out 59.5% 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.

Does the media prefer NGG or EXC?

In the previous week, Exelon had 29 more articles in the media than National Grid. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Exelon and 20 mentions for National Grid. Exelon's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat National Grid's score of 0.43 indicating that Exelon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
National Grid	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Exelon	25 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is NGG or EXC more profitable?

Exelon has a net margin of 10.68% compared to National Grid's net margin of 0.00%. Exelon's return on equity of 9.52% beat National Grid's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Grid	N/A	N/A	N/A
Exelon	10.68%	9.52%	2.38%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in NGG or EXC?

4.7% of National Grid shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Exelon shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Exelon shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NGG or EXC?

National Grid received 443 more outperform votes than Exelon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.41% of users gave National Grid an outperform vote while only 44.38% of users gave Exelon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
National Grid	Outperform Votes 514 58.41%	Underperform Votes 366 41.59%
Exelon	Outperform Votes 71 44.38%	Underperform Votes 89 55.63%

Which has more volatility and risk, NGG or EXC?

National Grid has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exelon has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, NGG or EXC?

National Grid has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Exelon. National Grid is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exelon, 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
National Grid	$19.32B	3.66	$2.88B	$5.20	13.92
Exelon	$23.70B	1.97	$2.46B	$2.69	17.22

Summary

Exelon beats National Grid on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.