MGE Energy (MGEE) Competitors

MGE Energy (NASDAQ:MGEE) and Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.

Do analysts prefer MGEE or PNW?

MGE Energy currently has a consensus price target of $74.00, indicating a potential downside of 17.77%. Pinnacle West Capital has a consensus price target of $95.65, indicating a potential upside of 5.95%. Given Pinnacle West Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pinnacle West Capital is more favorable than MGE Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MGE Energy	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Pinnacle West Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Which has better valuation and earnings, MGEE or PNW?

Pinnacle West Capital has higher revenue and earnings than MGE Energy. Pinnacle West Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MGE Energy, 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
MGE Energy	$704.58M	4.67	$117.70M	$3.54	25.42
Pinnacle West Capital	$5.21B	2.07	$501.56M	$5.03	17.95

Does the media refer more to MGEE or PNW?

In the previous week, Pinnacle West Capital had 6 more articles in the media than MGE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital and 18 mentions for MGE Energy. Pinnacle West Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat MGE Energy's score of 1.15 indicating that Pinnacle West Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MGE Energy	7 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pinnacle West Capital	20 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, MGEE or PNW?

MGE Energy has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in MGEE or PNW?

52.6% of MGE Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of MGE Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MGEE or PNW?

Pinnacle West Capital received 176 more outperform votes than MGE Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.14% of users gave MGE Energy an outperform vote while only 41.44% of users gave Pinnacle West Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MGE Energy	Outperform Votes 216 54.14%	Underperform Votes 183 45.86%
Pinnacle West Capital	Outperform Votes 392 41.44%	Underperform Votes 554 58.56%

Is MGEE or PNW more profitable?

MGE Energy has a net margin of 17.70% compared to Pinnacle West Capital's net margin of 12.26%. MGE Energy's return on equity of 10.18% beat Pinnacle West Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MGE Energy	17.70%	10.18%	4.38%
Pinnacle West Capital	12.26%	9.60%	2.43%

Is MGEE or PNW a better dividend stock?

MGE Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. MGE Energy pays out 50.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 71.2% 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. MGE Energy has increased its dividend for 49 consecutive years.

Summary

Pinnacle West Capital beats MGE Energy on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.