MGE Energy (MGEE) Competitors

In the previous week, Ameren had 6 more articles in the media than MGE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ameren and 7 mentions for MGE Energy. MGE Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Ameren's score of 1.55 indicating that MGE Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Ameren has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, MGE Energy has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the broader market.

79.1% of Ameren shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of MGE Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Ameren shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of MGE Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ameren currently has a consensus price target of $121.42, indicating a potential upside of 13.94%. MGE Energy has a consensus price target of $77.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.32%. Given Ameren's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ameren is more favorable than MGE Energy.

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

Ameren pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. MGE Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Ameren pays out 52.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MGE Energy pays out 49.9% 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. Ameren has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and MGE Energy has increased its dividend for 49 consecutive years.

MGE Energy has a net margin of 19.45% compared to Ameren's net margin of 17.86%. MGE Energy's return on equity of 11.10% beat Ameren's return on equity.

MGE Energy has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Atmos Energy had 7 more articles in the media than MGE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Atmos Energy and 7 mentions for MGE Energy. Atmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat MGE Energy's score of 1.57 indicating that Atmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

MGE Energy currently has a consensus target price of $77.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.32%. Atmos Energy has a consensus target price of $187.73, indicating a potential upside of 11.94%. Given Atmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Atmos Energy is more favorable than MGE Energy.

Atmos Energy has a net margin of 28.50% compared to MGE Energy's net margin of 19.45%. MGE Energy's return on equity of 11.10% beat Atmos Energy's return on equity.

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

52.6% of MGE Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Atmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of MGE Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Atmos Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

MGE Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. MGE Energy pays out 49.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atmos Energy pays out 47.6% 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 raised its dividend for 49 consecutive years and Atmos Energy has raised its dividend for 41 consecutive years. MGE Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

CMS Energy has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, MGE Energy has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the broader market.

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

In the previous week, CMS Energy had 7 more articles in the media than MGE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for CMS Energy and 7 mentions for MGE Energy. MGE Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat CMS Energy's score of 1.41 indicating that MGE Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

CMS Energy presently has a consensus price target of $81.69, indicating a potential upside of 19.23%. MGE Energy has a consensus price target of $77.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.32%. Given CMS Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe CMS Energy is more favorable than MGE Energy.

CMS Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. MGE Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. CMS Energy pays out 68.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MGE Energy pays out 49.9% 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. CMS Energy has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and MGE Energy has increased its dividend for 49 consecutive years.

93.6% of CMS Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of MGE Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of CMS Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of MGE Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

MGE Energy has a net margin of 19.45% compared to CMS Energy's net margin of 11.64%. MGE Energy's return on equity of 11.10% beat CMS Energy's return on equity.

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

MGE Energy presently has a consensus target price of $77.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.32%. IDACORP has a consensus target price of $153.86, suggesting a potential upside of 13.33%. Given IDACORP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IDACORP is more favorable than MGE Energy.

MGE Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. IDACORP pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. MGE Energy pays out 49.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDACORP pays out 58.3% 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 IDACORP has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. MGE Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

52.6% of MGE Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of IDACORP shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of MGE Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of IDACORP shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, IDACORP had 11 more articles in the media than MGE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for IDACORP and 7 mentions for MGE Energy. MGE Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat IDACORP's score of 0.86 indicating that MGE Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

MGE Energy has a net margin of 19.45% compared to IDACORP's net margin of 18.78%. MGE Energy's return on equity of 11.10% beat IDACORP's return on equity.

MGE Energy has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, IDACORP has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the broader market.