ES vs. FE, PPL, ETR, EIX, PNW, OGE, SO, DTE, FTS, and VST
Should you be buying Eversource Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eversource Energy include FirstEnergy (FE), PPL (PPL), Entergy (ETR), Edison International (EIX), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), Southern (SO), DTE Energy (DTE), Fortis (FTS), and Vistra (VST). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) and Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, FirstEnergy had 18 more articles in the media than Eversource Energy. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for FirstEnergy and 15 mentions for Eversource Energy. FirstEnergy's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Eversource Energy's score of 0.43 indicating that Eversource Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eversource Energy has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FirstEnergy currently has a consensus target price of $39.80, suggesting a potential upside of 3.67%. Eversource Energy has a consensus target price of $65.85, suggesting a potential upside of 9.52%. Given FirstEnergy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Eversource Energy is more favorable than FirstEnergy.
FirstEnergy pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Eversource Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. FirstEnergy pays out 90.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Eversource Energy pays out -227.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstEnergy has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Eversource Energy has increased its dividend for 26 consecutive years. Eversource Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
FirstEnergy received 130 more outperform votes than Eversource Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.46% of users gave FirstEnergy an outperform vote while only 47.52% of users gave Eversource Energy an outperform vote.
FirstEnergy has a net margin of 8.56% compared to FirstEnergy's net margin of -3.71%. Eversource Energy's return on equity of 13.52% beat FirstEnergy's return on equity.
FirstEnergy has higher revenue and earnings than Eversource Energy. Eversource Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstEnergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
89.4% of FirstEnergy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Eversource Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of FirstEnergy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Eversource Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
FirstEnergy beats Eversource Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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