Excelerate Energy (EE) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EE or WTRG?

Essential Utilities received 10 more outperform votes than Excelerate Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 37.29% of users gave Excelerate Energy an outperform vote while only 35.96% of users gave Essential Utilities an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Excelerate Energy	Outperform Votes 22 37.29%	Underperform Votes 37 62.71%
Essential Utilities	Outperform Votes 32 35.96%	Underperform Votes 57 64.04%

Does the media favor EE or WTRG?

In the previous week, Essential Utilities had 13 more articles in the media than Excelerate Energy. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Essential Utilities and 11 mentions for Excelerate Energy. Excelerate Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Essential Utilities' score of 0.96 indicating that Excelerate Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Excelerate Energy	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Essential Utilities	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, EE or WTRG?

Excelerate Energy has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Essential Utilities has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% 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 0.9%. Essential Utilities pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Excelerate Energy pays out 19.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Essential Utilities pays out 59.9% 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. 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.

Do analysts rate EE or WTRG?

Excelerate Energy presently has a consensus price target of $31.17, suggesting a potential upside of 21.20%. Essential Utilities has a consensus price target of $43.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.16%. Given Excelerate Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Excelerate Energy is more favorable than Essential Utilities.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Excelerate Energy	3 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Essential Utilities	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is EE or WTRG more profitable?

Essential Utilities has a net margin of 27.84% compared to Excelerate Energy's net margin of 3.14%. Essential Utilities' return on equity of 7.89% beat Excelerate Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Excelerate Energy	3.14%	1.39%	0.90%
Essential Utilities	27.84%	7.89%	2.79%

Which has preferable 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	3.20	$30.41M	$1.25	20.57
Essential Utilities	$2.09B	5.36	$498.23M	$2.17	18.71

Do institutionals and 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. 1.7% 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Essential Utilities beats Excelerate Energy on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.