AGR vs. AEP, D, EIX, VST, DTE, ETR, FE, ES, PPL, and FTS
Should you be buying Avangrid stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avangrid include American Electric Power (AEP), Dominion Energy (D), Edison International (EIX), Vistra (VST), DTE Energy (DTE), Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), Eversource Energy (ES), PPL (PPL), and Fortis (FTS). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Avangrid (NYSE:AGR) and American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.
13.1% of Avangrid shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Avangrid shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Avangrid received 187 more outperform votes than American Electric Power when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.24% of users gave American Electric Power an outperform vote while only 54.18% of users gave Avangrid an outperform vote.
Avangrid pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Avangrid pays out 76.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Electric Power pays out 65.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Avangrid currently has a consensus price target of $34.67, indicating a potential downside of 2.35%. American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $88.77, indicating a potential downside of 7.96%. Given Avangrid's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Avangrid is more favorable than American Electric Power.
American Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than Avangrid. Avangrid 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.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 16 more articles in the media than Avangrid. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for American Electric Power and 15 mentions for Avangrid. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Avangrid's score of 0.53 indicating that American Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Electric Power has a net margin of 14.60% compared to Avangrid's net margin of 11.35%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 11.23% beat Avangrid's return on equity.
Avangrid has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Electric Power has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
American Electric Power beats Avangrid on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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