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AES vs. NRG, ORA, GNE, ED, WEC, DTE, PPL, AEE, FE, and FTS

Should you be buying AES stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AES include NRG Energy (NRG), Ormat Technologies (ORA), Genie Energy (GNE), Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), DTE Energy (DTE), PPL (PPL), Ameren (AEE), FirstEnergy (FE), and Fortis (FTS).

AES vs. Its Competitors

NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) and AES (NYSE:AES) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.

AES has a net margin of 8.42% compared to NRG Energy's net margin of 1.78%. NRG Energy's return on equity of 88.22% beat AES's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NRG Energy1.78% 88.22% 6.80%
AES 8.42%19.02%3.01%

NRG Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. AES pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. NRG Energy pays out 79.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AES pays out 49.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NRG Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and AES has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. AES is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

NRG Energy currently has a consensus price target of $186.92, suggesting a potential upside of 26.32%. AES has a consensus price target of $24.67, suggesting a potential upside of 92.56%. Given AES's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AES is more favorable than NRG Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NRG Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92
AES
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

NRG Energy has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AES has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, NRG Energy had 1 more articles in the media than AES. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for NRG Energy and 15 mentions for AES. NRG Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat AES's score of 1.22 indicating that NRG Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NRG Energy
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
AES
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

97.7% of NRG Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of AES shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of NRG Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of AES shares are held 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NRG Energy$28.13B1.02$1.13B$2.2166.95
AES$12.28B0.74$1.68B$1.429.02

Summary

NRG Energy beats AES on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AES and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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AES vs. The Competition

MetricAESUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.42B$24.88B$16.25B$21.26B
Dividend Yield5.32%3.81%5.44%3.52%
P/E Ratio9.0219.1151.3929.40
Price / Sales0.744.2831.3249.02
Price / Cash3.278.8119.0624.13
Price / Book1.182.222.174.54
Net Income$1.68B$1.43B$751.26M$999.70M
7 Day Performance-5.55%-0.38%-0.36%0.08%
1 Month Performance0.63%-1.02%-0.03%5.22%
1 Year Performance-24.42%11.43%325.89%15.24%

AES Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AES
AES
4.7944 of 5 stars
$12.81
-3.2%
$24.67
+92.6%
-24.4%$9.42B$12.28B9.029,100Positive News
High Trading Volume
NRG
NRG Energy
4.8407 of 5 stars
$145.52
-2.1%
$186.92
+28.5%
+87.0%$28.15B$29.37B65.8415,637Positive News
ORA
Ormat Technologies
4.5355 of 5 stars
$91.86
-1.2%
$93.30
+1.6%
+25.7%$5.58B$879.65M42.731,512Positive News
GNE
Genie Energy
1.5831 of 5 stars
$15.33
+1.7%
N/A-11.0%$409.54M$425.20M109.52190Positive News
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.5009 of 5 stars
$98.30
+0.1%
$105.82
+7.7%
-6.4%$35.45B$15.26B17.8415,097
WEC
WEC Energy Group
3.8817 of 5 stars
$106.54
+0.2%
$106.40
-0.1%
+13.6%$34.29B$9.31B20.417,017Positive News
DTE
DTE Energy
4.0612 of 5 stars
$136.69
+0.1%
$143.38
+4.9%
+8.0%$28.37B$12.46B19.679,500Positive News
PPL
PPL
3.5118 of 5 stars
$36.52
-0.1%
$36.70
+0.5%
+13.4%$27.01B$8.81B27.256,653Positive News
AEE
Ameren
4.39 of 5 stars
$99.81
+0.1%
$102.80
+3.0%
+20.4%$26.99B$8.43B21.948,981Positive News
Options Volume
FE
FirstEnergy
3.9191 of 5 stars
$43.61
+0.1%
$46.31
+6.2%
-2.4%$25.18B$13.47B19.3012,294Analyst Revision
FTS
Fortis
4.8 of 5 stars
$49.78
+0.4%
$72.00
+44.6%
+11.0%$25.07B$8.40B20.499,848Positive News

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