CNP vs. EVRG, LNT, AEE, ATO, CMS, DTE, NI, OGE, PPL, and WEC
Should you be buying CenterPoint Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CenterPoint Energy include Evergy (EVRG), Alliant Energy (LNT), Ameren (AEE), Atmos Energy (ATO), CMS Energy (CMS), DTE Energy (DTE), NiSource (NI), OGE Energy (OGE), PPL (PPL), and WEC Energy Group (WEC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
CenterPoint Energy vs. Its Competitors
Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) and CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.
Evergy has a net margin of 14.29% compared to CenterPoint Energy's net margin of 10.42%. CenterPoint Energy's return on equity of 9.16% beat Evergy's return on equity.
Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. CenterPoint Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Evergy pays out 73.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CenterPoint Energy pays out 61.5% 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 and CenterPoint Energy has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Evergy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Evergy has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CenterPoint Energy has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
87.2% of Evergy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of CenterPoint Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Evergy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of CenterPoint Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CenterPoint Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Evergy. Evergy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CenterPoint Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Evergy had 4 more articles in the media than CenterPoint Energy. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Evergy and 12 mentions for CenterPoint Energy. CenterPoint Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Evergy's score of 1.14 indicating that CenterPoint Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Evergy currently has a consensus target price of $74.44, suggesting a potential upside of 3.42%. CenterPoint Energy has a consensus target price of $38.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.60%. Given Evergy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Evergy is more favorable than CenterPoint Energy.
Summary
Evergy beats CenterPoint Energy on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CNP) was last updated on 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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