Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) Vs. DUK, XEL, PEG, PCG, WEC, ED, AEE, CMS, EVRG, and LNT
Should you be buying Exelon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exelon include Duke Energy (DUK), Xcel Energy (XEL), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), PG&E (PCG), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Consolidated Edison (ED), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), Evergy (EVRG), and Alliant Energy (LNT). These companies are all part of the "electric & other services combined" industry.
Exelon vs.
Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) and Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Exelon has higher revenue and earnings than Xcel Energy. Xcel Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exelon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Xcel Energy has a net margin of 12.06% compared to Exelon's net margin of 4.81%. Xcel Energy's return on equity of 10.60% beat Exelon's return on equity.
Exelon has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xcel Energy has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.
79.9% of Exelon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.2% of Xcel Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Exelon shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Xcel Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Exelon pays an annual dividend of $1.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Xcel Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.83 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Exelon pays out 89.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Xcel Energy pays out 62.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Exelon presently has a consensus target price of $54.14, suggesting a potential upside of 1.33%. Xcel Energy has a consensus target price of $72.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.18%. Given Xcel Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Xcel Energy is more favorable than Exelon.
Exelon received 12 more outperform votes than Xcel Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.42% of users gave Exelon an outperform vote while only 41.38% of users gave Xcel Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Xcel Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Exelon. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Xcel Energy and 12 mentions for Exelon. Xcel Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Exelon's score of 0.04 indicating that Xcel Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Exelon beats Xcel Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EXC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) vs. Its Competitors
Exelon Competitors List
