AQN vs. EVRG, LNT, KEP, SBS, WES, DTM, WTRG, ELPC, BEP, and KNTK
Should you be buying Algonquin Power & Utilities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Algonquin Power & Utilities include Evergy (EVRG), Alliant Energy (LNT), Korea Electric Power (KEP), Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp (SBS), Western Midstream Partners (WES), DT Midstream (DTM), Essential Utilities (WTRG), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel (ELPC), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), and Kinetik (KNTK). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Algonquin Power & Utilities vs. Its Competitors
Algonquin Power & Utilities (NYSE:AQN) and Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
Algonquin Power & Utilities currently has a consensus target price of $6.41, suggesting a potential upside of 9.93%. Evergy has a consensus target price of $76.94, suggesting a potential downside of 0.71%. Given Algonquin Power & Utilities' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Algonquin Power & Utilities is more favorable than Evergy.
In the previous week, Evergy had 8 more articles in the media than Algonquin Power & Utilities. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Evergy and 9 mentions for Algonquin Power & Utilities. Evergy's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Algonquin Power & Utilities' score of 0.44 indicating that Evergy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Algonquin Power & Utilities pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Algonquin Power & Utilities pays out -14.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Evergy pays out 73.4% 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. Evergy has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Algonquin Power & Utilities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Evergy has higher revenue and earnings than Algonquin Power & Utilities. Algonquin Power & Utilities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Algonquin Power & Utilities has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evergy has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Evergy has a net margin of 14.29% compared to Algonquin Power & Utilities' net margin of -57.66%. Evergy's return on equity of 8.62% beat Algonquin Power & Utilities' return on equity.
62.3% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of Evergy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Algonquin Power & Utilities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Evergy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Evergy beats Algonquin Power & Utilities on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:AQN) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
