Excelerate Energy (EE) Competitors

Excelerate Energy (NYSE:EE) and Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, EE or WTRG?

Essential Utilities has higher revenue and earnings than Excelerate Energy. Essential Utilities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Excelerate Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Excelerate Energy	$851.44M	3.19	$32.88M	$1.36	17.49
Essential Utilities	$2.09B	5.26	$595.31M	$2.33	16.80

Which has more risk & volatility, EE or WTRG?

Excelerate Energy has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Essential Utilities has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EE or WTRG a better dividend stock?

Excelerate Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Essential Utilities pays an annual dividend of $1.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Excelerate Energy pays out 17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Essential Utilities pays out 58.8% 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. Excelerate Energy has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Essential Utilities has increased its dividend for 32 consecutive years. Essential Utilities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media prefer EE or WTRG?

In the previous week, Excelerate Energy had 13 more articles in the media than Essential Utilities. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Excelerate Energy and 10 mentions for Essential Utilities. Essential Utilities' average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Excelerate Energy's score of 0.98 indicating that Essential Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Excelerate Energy	7 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Essential Utilities	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is EE or WTRG more profitable?

Essential Utilities has a net margin of 27.62% compared to Excelerate Energy's net margin of 3.64%. Essential Utilities' return on equity of 10.10% beat Excelerate Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Excelerate Energy	3.64%	4.16%	2.57%
Essential Utilities	27.62%	10.10%	3.56%

Do analysts rate EE or WTRG?

Excelerate Energy currently has a consensus price target of $32.86, suggesting a potential upside of 38.11%. Essential Utilities has a consensus price target of $44.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.67%. Given Excelerate Energy's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Excelerate Energy is more favorable than Essential Utilities.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Excelerate Energy	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
Essential Utilities	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in EE or WTRG?

21.8% of Excelerate Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of Essential Utilities shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Excelerate Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Essential Utilities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Essential Utilities beats Excelerate Energy on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.