EE vs. WTRG, DTM, ELPC, BEP, CWEN, TXNM, KNTK, BEPC, BIPC, and CIG
Should you be buying Excelerate Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Excelerate Energy include Essential Utilities (WTRG), DT Midstream (DTM), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - Copel (ELPC), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), Clearway Energy (CWEN), TXNM Energy (TXNM), Kinetik (KNTK), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), and Comp En De Mn Cemig ADS (CIG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Excelerate Energy vs. Its Competitors
Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG) and Excelerate Energy (NYSE:EE) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.
Essential Utilities has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Excelerate Energy has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Essential Utilities had 10 more articles in the media than Excelerate Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Essential Utilities and 3 mentions for Excelerate Energy. Essential Utilities' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Excelerate Energy's score of 0.90 indicating that Essential Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Essential Utilities presently has a consensus price target of $45.17, suggesting a potential upside of 8.46%. Excelerate Energy has a consensus price target of $32.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.54%. Given Excelerate Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Excelerate Energy is more favorable than Essential Utilities.
Essential Utilities pays an annual dividend of $1.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Excelerate Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Essential Utilities pays out 58.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Excelerate Energy pays out 23.5% 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. Essential Utilities has raised its dividend for 32 consecutive years and Excelerate Energy has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Essential Utilities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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.
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.
74.8% of Essential Utilities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Excelerate Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Essential Utilities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Excelerate Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Essential Utilities beats Excelerate Energy on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EE) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff