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XEL vs. AEP, LNT, CMS, D, DTE, DUK, FE, NEE, NI, and WEC

Should you be buying Xcel Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xcel Energy include American Electric Power (AEP), Alliant Energy (LNT), CMS Energy (CMS), Dominion Energy (D), DTE Energy (DTE), Duke Energy (DUK), FirstEnergy (FE), NextEra Energy (NEE), NiSource (NI), and WEC Energy Group (WEC). These companies are all part of the "util - elec pwr" industry.

Xcel Energy vs. Its Competitors

American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) and Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Electric Power$19.72B2.82$2.97B$5.1920.03
Xcel Energy$13.44B2.90$1.94B$3.4019.87

American Electric Power has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xcel Energy has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.4% of Xcel Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Xcel Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Xcel Energy has a net margin of 14.10% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 13.73%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 11.68% beat Xcel Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Electric Power13.73% 11.68% 3.08%
Xcel Energy 14.10%10.20%2.79%

In the previous week, American Electric Power had 12 more articles in the media than Xcel Energy. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for American Electric Power and 18 mentions for Xcel Energy. Xcel Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat American Electric Power's score of 1.30 indicating that Xcel Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Electric Power
23 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Xcel Energy
14 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

American Electric Power currently has a consensus price target of $108.31, suggesting a potential upside of 4.18%. Xcel Energy has a consensus price target of $75.80, suggesting a potential upside of 12.20%. Given Xcel Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Xcel Energy is more favorable than American Electric Power.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Electric Power
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.31
Xcel Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70

American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Xcel Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. American Electric Power pays out 71.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Xcel Energy pays out 67.1% 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. American Electric Power has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Xcel Energy has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years.

Summary

Xcel Energy beats American Electric Power on 10 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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XEL vs. The Competition

MetricXcel EnergyUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$39.15B$24.50B$15.81B$8.95B
Dividend Yield3.36%3.76%5.63%4.04%
P/E Ratio19.8734.8320.0920.11
Price / Sales2.904.1229.69119.81
Price / Cash8.058.8419.0957.86
Price / Book1.992.202.145.56
Net Income$1.94B$1.43B$751.09M$248.40M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.58%-0.44%4.67%
1 Month Performance-1.20%2.03%2.12%6.64%
1 Year Performance28.76%21.68%16.78%21.31%

Xcel Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XEL
Xcel Energy
4.6084 of 5 stars
$67.56
-0.5%
$75.80
+12.2%
+29.6%$39.15B$13.44B19.8711,380Positive News
AEP
American Electric Power
4.5884 of 5 stars
$103.76
+1.3%
$108.31
+4.4%
+19.3%$55.43B$19.72B19.9917,000Positive News
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.3466 of 5 stars
$60.47
+0.2%
$63.95
+5.8%
+19.2%$15.53B$3.98B20.852,998Positive News
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CMS
CMS Energy
4.6698 of 5 stars
$69.29
+0.4%
$77.00
+11.1%
+18.3%$20.73B$7.52B20.569,070Positive News
Analyst Forecast
D
Dominion Energy
3.5199 of 5 stars
$56.58
+1.3%
$58.38
+3.2%
+14.3%$48.25B$14.90B21.1917,200Positive News
DTE
DTE Energy
4.5771 of 5 stars
$132.54
+0.7%
$140.93
+6.3%
+19.5%$27.50B$12.46B17.9110,200Positive News
DUK
Duke Energy
4.5322 of 5 stars
$118.02
+0.9%
$126.94
+7.6%
+15.6%$91.73B$30.36B19.5727,900Trending News
FE
FirstEnergy
4.4586 of 5 stars
$40.27
+0.9%
$46.00
+14.2%
+3.3%$23.24B$13.47B21.4212,300
NEE
NextEra Energy
4.7347 of 5 stars
$69.50
-2.0%
$84.55
+21.6%
+0.6%$143.07B$24.75B26.039,300Positive News
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NI
NiSource
4.5192 of 5 stars
$40.36
+1.0%
$41.50
+2.8%
+36.5%$19.00B$5.93B21.827,746Positive News
WEC
WEC Energy Group
3.7621 of 5 stars
$104.22
+1.1%
$106.33
+2.0%
+32.9%$33.26B$8.60B20.327,020Positive News

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