LNT vs. NI, EVRG, CMS, AEE, ALE, AVA, NOVA, WEC, XEL, and ED
Should you be buying Alliant Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alliant Energy include NiSource (NI), Evergy (EVRG), CMS Energy (CMS), Ameren (AEE), ALLETE (ALE), Avista (AVA), Sunnova Energy International (NOVA), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Xcel Energy (XEL), and Consolidated Edison (ED). These companies are all part of the "electric & other services combined" industry.
Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) and NiSource (NYSE:NI) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
Alliant Energy currently has a consensus price target of $51.36, indicating a potential upside of 2.31%. NiSource has a consensus price target of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.94%. Given NiSource's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NiSource is more favorable than Alliant Energy.
Alliant Energy has a net margin of 17.46% compared to NiSource's net margin of 12.98%. Alliant Energy's return on equity of 10.85% beat NiSource's return on equity.
Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. NiSource pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Alliant Energy pays out 69.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NiSource pays out 72.1% 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. Alliant Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, NiSource had 2 more articles in the media than Alliant Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for NiSource and 3 mentions for Alliant Energy. NiSource's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Alliant Energy's score of 0.92 indicating that NiSource is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NiSource has higher revenue and earnings than Alliant Energy. Alliant Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NiSource, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of NiSource shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of NiSource shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NiSource received 391 more outperform votes than Alliant Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.92% of users gave NiSource an outperform vote while only 33.85% of users gave Alliant Energy an outperform vote.
Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NiSource has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
NiSource beats Alliant Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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