Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) Vs. NEE, SO, ES, EIX, PPL, FE, ETR, PNW, OGE, and IDA
Should you be buying Duke Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Duke Energy include NextEra Energy (NEE), Southern (SO), Eversource Energy (ES), Edison International (EIX), PPL (PPL), FirstEnergy (FE), Entergy (ETR), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), and IDACORP (IDA). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.
Duke Energy vs.
Southern (NYSE:SO) and Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and community ranking.
In the previous week, Duke Energy had 10 more articles in the media than Southern. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Duke Energy and 3 mentions for Southern. Duke Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Southern's score of -0.15 indicating that Duke Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Southern presently has a consensus target price of $68.91, indicating a potential upside of 9.68%. Duke Energy has a consensus target price of $103.82, indicating a potential upside of 3.94%. Given Southern's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Southern is more favorable than Duke Energy.
Southern has a net margin of 13.40% compared to Duke Energy's net margin of 12.58%. Southern's return on equity of 11.38% beat Duke Energy's return on equity.
59.2% of Southern shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.6% of Duke Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Southern shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Duke Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Southern pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Duke Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Southern pays out 93.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Duke Energy pays out 101.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Southern has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Duke Energy has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years. Southern is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Southern has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Duke Energy has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Southern has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Duke Energy. Southern is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Duke Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Duke Energy received 68 more outperform votes than Southern when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.43% of users gave Duke Energy an outperform vote while only 53.59% of users gave Southern an outperform vote.
Summary
Southern beats Duke Energy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DUK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) vs. Its Competitors
Duke Energy Competitors List
