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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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

American Electric Power has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eversource Energy has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Electric Power17.68% 11.55% 3.11%
Eversource Energy 6.60%11.00%2.81%

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

American Electric Power presently has a consensus price target of $111.29, indicating a potential upside of 1.14%. Eversource Energy has a consensus price target of $64.38, indicating a potential upside of 1.64%. Given Eversource Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Eversource Energy is more favorable than American Electric Power.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Electric Power
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
Eversource Energy
3 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Eversource Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. 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 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Electric Power$19.72B2.98$2.97B$6.8416.09
Eversource Energy$11.90B1.98$811.65M$2.3327.18

In the previous week, American Electric Power had 12 more articles in the media than Eversource Energy. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for American Electric Power and 15 mentions for Eversource Energy. Eversource Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat American Electric Power's score of 1.56 indicating that Eversource Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Electric Power
27 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Eversource Energy
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

American Electric Power beats Eversource Energy on 12 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

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ES vs. The Competition

MetricEversource EnergyUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$23.78B$24.85B$16.34B$21.39B
Dividend Yield4.70%3.74%5.39%3.49%
P/E Ratio27.1819.0351.1229.08
Price / Sales1.984.1537.0048.95
Price / Cash6.889.0119.2818.29
Price / Book1.502.352.135.30
Net Income$811.65M$1.43B$751.26M$998.51M
7 Day Performance-1.50%-1.34%-1.00%-0.63%
1 Month Performance-4.68%8.23%1.86%4.90%
1 Year Performance-7.09%10.92%326.07%13.95%

Eversource Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ES
Eversource Energy
4.056 of 5 stars
$63.34
-0.6%
$64.38
+1.6%
-6.4%$23.78B$11.90B27.1810,680Positive News
AEP
American Electric Power
4.3469 of 5 stars
$113.01
-0.9%
$111.29
-1.5%
+8.3%$60.44B$19.72B16.5216,330Positive News
EVRG
Evergy
3.328 of 5 stars
$71.65
-0.9%
$74.44
+3.9%
+19.6%$16.49B$5.85B19.684,731Analyst Revision
LNT
Alliant Energy
3.8835 of 5 stars
$66.18
-1.2%
$65.50
-1.0%
+9.7%$17.01B$3.98B20.432,998Positive News
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
AEE
Ameren
4.425 of 5 stars
$100.89
-1.0%
$101.36
+0.5%
+20.0%$27.28B$7.62B22.178,981Positive News
CMS
CMS Energy
3.5606 of 5 stars
$72.24
-1.2%
$77.25
+6.9%
+4.0%$21.62B$7.52B21.378,324Positive News
D
Dominion Energy
3.6518 of 5 stars
$60.22
-2.7%
$59.57
-1.1%
+3.9%$51.39B$15.23B20.7714,700Trending News
DTE
DTE Energy
4.0352 of 5 stars
$138.49
-1.0%
$142.43
+2.8%
+7.9%$28.75B$12.46B19.939,500Positive News
DUK
Duke Energy
4.1997 of 5 stars
$123.16
-0.9%
$130.07
+5.6%
+5.0%$95.77B$30.36B20.0326,413Positive News
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.482 of 5 stars
$99.99
-1.6%
$105.82
+5.8%
-5.3%$36.06B$15.26B18.1515,097Positive News
Analyst Revision
WEC
WEC Energy Group
3.8409 of 5 stars
$107.03
-1.4%
$106.40
-0.6%
+14.1%$34.45B$8.60B20.507,017Positive News

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