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