Energy Transfer (ET) Competitors

Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) and Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and risk.

Is CEG or ET a better dividend stock?

Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Energy Transfer pays an annual dividend of $1.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Constellation Energy pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Energy Transfer pays out 99.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Constellation Energy has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Energy Transfer has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Energy Transfer is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CEG or ET?

Energy Transfer has higher revenue and earnings than Constellation Energy. Energy Transfer is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellation Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Constellation Energy	$24.20B	3.85	$1.62B	$9.49	31.28
Energy Transfer	$82.06B	0.77	$4.39B	$1.32	13.86

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CEG or ET?

82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.2% of Energy Transfer shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Energy Transfer 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.

Do analysts recommend CEG or ET?

Constellation Energy presently has a consensus price target of $295.07, indicating a potential downside of 0.61%. Energy Transfer has a consensus price target of $22.64, indicating a potential upside of 23.73%. Given Energy Transfer's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Energy Transfer is more favorable than Constellation Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Constellation Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
Energy Transfer	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91

Does the media prefer CEG or ET?

In the previous week, Energy Transfer had 13 more articles in the media than Constellation Energy. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Energy Transfer and 7 mentions for Constellation Energy. Energy Transfer's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Constellation Energy's score of 0.85 indicating that Energy Transfer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Constellation Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Energy Transfer	14 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, CEG or ET?

Constellation Energy has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Transfer has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CEG or ET?

Energy Transfer received 237 more outperform votes than Constellation Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.36% of users gave Energy Transfer an outperform vote while only 63.50% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Constellation Energy	Outperform Votes 174 63.50%	Underperform Votes 100 36.50%
Energy Transfer	Outperform Votes 411 72.36%	Underperform Votes 157 27.64%

Is CEG or ET more profitable?

Constellation Energy has a net margin of 15.91% compared to Energy Transfer's net margin of 5.74%. Constellation Energy's return on equity of 21.96% beat Energy Transfer's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Constellation Energy	15.91%	21.96%	5.26%
Energy Transfer	5.74%	11.56%	3.90%

Summary

Energy Transfer beats Constellation Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.