ES vs. AEP, EVRG, LNT, AEE, CMS, D, DTE, DUK, ED, and WEC
Should you be buying Eversource Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eversource Energy include American Electric Power (AEP), Evergy (EVRG), Alliant Energy (LNT), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), Dominion Energy (D), DTE Energy (DTE), Duke Energy (DUK), Consolidated Edison (ED), and WEC Energy Group (WEC). These companies are all part of the "util - elec pwr" industry.
Eversource Energy vs. Its Competitors
American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) and Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends and earnings.
American Electric Power has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eversource Energy has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 5 more articles in the media than Eversource Energy. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for American Electric Power and 32 mentions for Eversource Energy. Eversource Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat American Electric Power's score of 1.20 indicating that Eversource Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Electric Power presently has a consensus price target of $111.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.36%. Eversource Energy has a consensus price target of $64.38, indicating a potential upside of 1.36%. Given American Electric Power's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe American Electric Power is more favorable than Eversource Energy.
American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Eversource Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. American Electric Power pays out 54.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eversource Energy pays out 129.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Electric Power has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Eversource Energy has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
American Electric Power has a net margin of 17.68% compared to Eversource Energy's net margin of 6.60%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 11.55% beat Eversource Energy's return on equity.
75.2% of American Electric Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Eversource Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Eversource Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
American Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than Eversource Energy. American Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eversource Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
American Electric Power beats Eversource Energy on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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.
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This page (NYSE:ES) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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