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MGEE vs. LNT, AEE, ATO, BKH, CMS, IDA, OGE, POR, PPL, and WEC

Should you be buying MGE Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MGE Energy include Alliant Energy (LNT), Ameren (AEE), Atmos Energy (ATO), Black Hills (BKH), CMS Energy (CMS), IDACORP (IDA), OGE Energy (OGE), Portland General Electric (POR), PPL (PPL), and WEC Energy Group (WEC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

MGE Energy vs. Its Competitors

MGE Energy (NASDAQ:MGEE) and Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

52.6% of MGE Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of MGE Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Alliant Energy has higher revenue and earnings than MGE Energy. Alliant Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MGE Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MGE Energy$676.94M4.66$120.57M$3.5424.36
Alliant Energy$4.08B3.91$690M$2.9021.41

MGE Energy presently has a consensus price target of $74.00, suggesting a potential downside of 14.20%. Alliant Energy has a consensus price target of $64.23, suggesting a potential upside of 3.46%. Given Alliant Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alliant Energy 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
Alliant Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36

MGE Energy has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Alliant Energy had 11 more articles in the media than MGE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Alliant Energy and 2 mentions for MGE Energy. Alliant Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat MGE Energy's score of 1.25 indicating that Alliant Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MGE Energy
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alliant Energy
6 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Alliant Energy has a net margin of 18.26% compared to MGE Energy's net margin of 18.22%. Alliant Energy's return on equity of 12.01% beat MGE Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MGE Energy18.22% 10.58% 4.61%
Alliant Energy 18.26%12.01%3.71%

MGE Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. MGE Energy pays out 50.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliant Energy pays out 70.0% 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 and Alliant Energy has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years.

Summary

Alliant Energy beats MGE Energy on 12 of the 19 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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MGEE vs. The Competition

MetricMGE EnergyUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.15B$24.92B$16.52B$9.09B
Dividend Yield2.09%3.75%5.60%4.02%
P/E Ratio24.3634.3720.0820.26
Price / Sales4.663.9128.87151.97
Price / Cash13.638.8019.0557.67
Price / Book2.542.222.155.49
Net Income$120.57M$1.43B$751.09M$250.45M
7 Day Performance-4.15%-1.28%-0.60%4.79%
1 Month Performance-1.91%1.47%1.84%9.59%
1 Year Performance7.83%16.28%13.15%16.41%

MGE Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MGEE
MGE Energy
3.244 of 5 stars
$86.25
-2.1%
$74.00
-14.2%
+7.8%$3.15B$676.94M24.36700Positive News
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.5969 of 5 stars
$61.95
+0.7%
$64.32
+3.8%
+15.2%$15.91B$4.08B21.362,998Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AEE
Ameren
4.0227 of 5 stars
$95.84
-0.2%
$101.64
+6.0%
+30.1%$25.90B$7.62B21.258,981Analyst Forecast
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ATO
Atmos Energy
4.2119 of 5 stars
$152.75
+0.3%
$156.05
+2.2%
+27.6%$24.26B$4.17B21.225,260Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BKH
Black Hills
4.5617 of 5 stars
$56.42
-0.9%
$66.00
+17.0%
-0.6%$4.09B$2.21B14.392,841
CMS
CMS Energy
4.0011 of 5 stars
$69.60
-1.2%
$77.00
+10.6%
+15.0%$20.82B$7.52B20.658,324Analyst Revision
IDA
IDACORP
4.0558 of 5 stars
$116.30
+0.3%
$122.86
+5.6%
+23.9%$6.28B$1.83B20.662,141News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
OGE
OGE Energy
4.0393 of 5 stars
$43.99
-1.1%
$46.80
+6.4%
+20.6%$8.86B$2.99B18.182,291Positive News
POR
Portland General Electric
3.5618 of 5 stars
$40.90
-0.8%
$45.60
+11.5%
-8.4%$4.48B$3.44B14.402,915
PPL
PPL
3.2956 of 5 stars
$33.70
-0.3%
$36.70
+8.9%
+20.5%$24.91B$8.46B24.966,653News Coverage
WEC
WEC Energy Group
4.6443 of 5 stars
$104.33
0.0%
$106.33
+1.9%
+30.6%$33.29B$8.60B20.347,017Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:MGEE) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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