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AES vs. NRG, ORA, GNE, ETR, ED, PCG, WEC, DTE, AEE, and PPL

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), Entergy (ETR), Consolidated Edison (ED), Pacific Gas & Electric (PCG), WEC Energy Group (WEC), DTE Energy (DTE), Ameren (AEE), and PPL (PPL).

AES vs. Its Competitors

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

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of AES shares are held by 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 a net margin of 10.67% compared to NRG Energy's net margin of 4.66%. NRG Energy's return on equity of 73.78% beat AES's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NRG Energy4.66% 73.78% 6.59%
AES 10.67%18.06%2.80%

NRG Energy currently has a consensus target price of $160.30, indicating a potential upside of 2.38%. AES has a consensus target price of $24.67, indicating a potential upside of 78.81%. Given AES's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90
AES
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, NRG Energy had 7 more articles in the media than AES. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for NRG Energy and 26 mentions for AES. NRG Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat AES's score of 0.90 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
25 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AES
12 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

NRG Energy has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AES has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

NRG Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. AES pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. NRG Energy pays out 28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AES pays out 38.0% 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. NRG Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and AES has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. AES is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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$29.29B1.05$1.13B$6.2025.25
AES$12.28B0.80$1.68B$1.847.50

Summary

NRG Energy beats AES on 14 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$9.82B$24.97B$16.14B$21.10B
Dividend Yield5.10%3.70%5.31%3.59%
P/E Ratio7.5034.8620.3628.44
Price / Sales0.804.23207.9458.59
Price / Cash3.418.9219.0922.92
Price / Book1.272.262.164.69
Net Income$1.68B$1.43B$751.46M$995.51M
7 Day Performance3.26%1.95%0.90%1.65%
1 Month Performance27.44%3.29%22.52%4.54%
1 Year Performance-21.22%19.16%174.89%9.99%

AES Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AES
AES
4.9202 of 5 stars
$13.80
0.0%
$24.67
+78.8%
-19.9%$9.82B$12.28B7.509,100Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
NRG
NRG Energy
4.416 of 5 stars
$151.78
+0.0%
$160.30
+5.6%
+114.5%$29.71B$28.13B24.5115,637Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
ORA
Ormat Technologies
3.9688 of 5 stars
$89.47
-0.4%
$84.71
-5.3%
+17.5%$5.43B$879.65M43.481,512News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
GNE
Genie Energy
1.2248 of 5 stars
$21.12
+3.0%
N/A+19.1%$567.48M$425.20M150.96190Positive News
ETR
Entergy
4.3639 of 5 stars
$86.74
+0.4%
$86.46
-0.3%
+58.3%$37.39B$11.88B28.1812,267Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.5648 of 5 stars
$101.93
+0.8%
$105.09
+3.1%
+6.6%$36.73B$15.77B18.8415,097Positive News
PCG
Pacific Gas & Electric
4.708 of 5 stars
$13.39
-0.5%
$20.73
+54.9%
-21.8%$35.84B$24.42B12.2928,410Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
WEC
WEC Energy Group
4.5672 of 5 stars
$108.08
+0.2%
$106.40
-1.5%
+31.5%$34.51B$8.60B21.087,017Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
DTE
DTE Energy
4.6612 of 5 stars
$137.74
+0.4%
$141.53
+2.8%
+18.0%$28.62B$12.46B18.649,500Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AEE
Ameren
4.2229 of 5 stars
$99.20
+0.5%
$101.36
+2.2%
+29.1%$26.81B$7.62B21.998,981Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
PPL
PPL
2.5904 of 5 stars
$36.17
+0.5%
$36.70
+1.5%
+25.2%$26.76B$8.46B26.826,653Upcoming Earnings

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