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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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

87.2% of Evergy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of CenterPoint Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Evergy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of CenterPoint Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Evergy had 14 more articles in the media than CenterPoint Energy. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Evergy and 10 mentions for CenterPoint Energy. CenterPoint Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Evergy's score of 1.51 indicating that CenterPoint Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Evergy
18 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
CenterPoint Energy
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Evergy currently has a consensus target price of $74.44, suggesting a potential upside of 4.53%. CenterPoint Energy has a consensus target price of $37.71, suggesting a potential upside of 0.60%. Given Evergy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Evergy is more favorable than CenterPoint Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Evergy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11
CenterPoint Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Evergy14.29% 8.62% 2.66%
CenterPoint Energy 10.42%9.16%2.26%

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 increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years and CenterPoint Energy has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Evergy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Evergy$5.85B2.80$873.50M$3.6419.56
CenterPoint Energy$8.64B2.83$1.02B$1.4326.21

Evergy has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CenterPoint Energy has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Evergy beats CenterPoint Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CNP vs. The Competition

MetricCenterPoint EnergyUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$24.63B$25.57B$16.87B$21.29B
Dividend Yield2.33%3.76%5.49%3.53%
P/E Ratio26.2119.2415.3529.36
Price / Sales2.833.98361.4974.72
Price / Cash9.928.9019.1323.64
Price / Book2.222.402.175.38
Net Income$1.02B$1.43B$751.26M$996.59M
7 Day Performance-1.37%0.34%0.19%3.12%
1 Month Performance0.52%-0.21%0.47%2.97%
1 Year Performance37.81%13.71%332.21%12.83%

CenterPoint Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNP
CenterPoint Energy
3.8214 of 5 stars
$37.49
-0.6%
$37.71
+0.6%
+38.6%$24.63B$8.64B26.218,872Positive News
EVRG
Evergy
2.769 of 5 stars
$71.65
-0.9%
$74.44
+3.9%
+22.9%$16.49B$5.85B19.684,731Positive News
LNT
Alliant Energy
3.8962 of 5 stars
$66.18
-1.2%
$65.50
-1.0%
+14.3%$17.01B$3.98B20.432,998Positive News
AEE
Ameren
4.5997 of 5 stars
$100.89
-1.0%
$101.36
+0.5%
+23.6%$27.28B$7.62B22.178,981News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
ATO
Atmos Energy
3.7795 of 5 stars
$165.56
-1.6%
$158.27
-4.4%
+28.7%$26.58B$4.17B22.745,260Positive News
Ex-Dividend
CMS
CMS Energy
3.7643 of 5 stars
$72.24
-1.2%
$77.25
+6.9%
+7.1%$21.62B$7.52B21.378,324Positive News
DTE
DTE Energy
4.2202 of 5 stars
$138.49
-1.0%
$142.43
+2.8%
+11.8%$28.75B$12.46B19.939,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NI
NiSource
4.115 of 5 stars
$42.69
-0.6%
$42.56
-0.3%
+29.8%$20.10B$6.13B22.717,746News Coverage
Positive News
OGE
OGE Energy
4.0594 of 5 stars
$45.19
-0.8%
$46.80
+3.6%
+15.3%$9.10B$2.99B18.522,291Positive News
Analyst Revision
PPL
PPL
3.4014 of 5 stars
$36.51
-1.1%
$36.70
+0.5%
+15.4%$27.00B$8.46B27.246,653Positive News
Dividend Announcement
WEC
WEC Energy Group
3.9717 of 5 stars
$107.03
-1.4%
$106.40
-0.6%
+16.2%$34.45B$8.60B20.507,017Positive News

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