ES vs. DUK, ETR, PPL, FE, EIX, PNW, OGE, IDA, POR, and ALE
Should you be buying Eversource Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eversource Energy include Duke Energy (DUK), Entergy (ETR), PPL (PPL), FirstEnergy (FE), Edison International (EIX), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR), and ALLETE (ALE). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.
Eversource Energy vs. Its Competitors
Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) and Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
Duke Energy presently has a consensus target price of $125.75, indicating a potential upside of 9.83%. Eversource Energy has a consensus target price of $65.78, indicating a potential upside of 5.46%. Given Duke Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Duke Energy is more favorable than Eversource Energy.
Duke Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Eversource Energy. Duke Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eversource Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Duke Energy received 156 more outperform votes than Eversource Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.72% of users gave Duke Energy an outperform vote while only 45.95% of users gave Eversource Energy an outperform vote.
Duke Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Eversource Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Duke Energy pays out 69.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eversource Energy pays out 129.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Duke Energy has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Eversource Energy has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Duke Energy has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eversource Energy has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
65.3% of Duke Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Eversource Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Duke Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Eversource Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Duke Energy had 37 more articles in the media than Eversource Energy. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Duke Energy and 10 mentions for Eversource Energy. Eversource Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Duke Energy's score of 1.10 indicating that Eversource Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Duke Energy has a net margin of 15.40% compared to Eversource Energy's net margin of 6.63%. Eversource Energy's return on equity of 11.04% beat Duke Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Duke Energy beats Eversource Energy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ES) was last updated on 6/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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