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NYSE:ETR

Entergy - ETR Competitors

$105.08
+0.57 (+0.55%)
(As of 03/28/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$104.08
$106.11
50-Day Range
$100.35
$110.55
52-Week Range
$94.94
$126.82
Volume
882,260 shs
Average Volume
1.41 million shs
Market Capitalization
$22.21 billion
P/E Ratio
19.50
Dividend Yield
4.07%
Price Target
$122.07

ETR vs. FE, PPL, EIX, ES, PNW, OGE, SO, DTE, FTS, and CNP

Should you be buying Entergy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Entergy include FirstEnergy (FE), PPL (PPL), Edison International (EIX), Eversource Energy (ES), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), Southern (SO), DTE Energy (DTE), Fortis (FTS), and CenterPoint Energy (CNP). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.

Entergy vs.

Entergy (NYSE:ETR) and FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Entergy presently has a consensus price target of $122.07, suggesting a potential upside of 16.17%. FirstEnergy has a consensus price target of $43.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.20%. Given Entergy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Entergy is more favorable than FirstEnergy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Entergy
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
FirstEnergy
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Entergy pays an annual dividend of $4.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. FirstEnergy pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Entergy pays out 79.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. FirstEnergy pays out 219.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Entergy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Entergy$13.76 billion1.61$1.10 billion$5.3919.50
FirstEnergy$12.46 billion1.77$406 million$0.7154.39

Entergy has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Entergy has a net margin of 8.01% compared to FirstEnergy's net margin of 3.26%. FirstEnergy's return on equity of 13.16% beat Entergy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Entergy 8.01% 10.88% 2.24%
FirstEnergy 3.26% 13.16% 3.05%

FirstEnergy received 158 more outperform votes than Entergy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.43% of users gave FirstEnergy an outperform vote while only 49.94% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
EntergyOutperform Votes
422
49.94%
Underperform Votes
423
50.06%
FirstEnergyOutperform Votes
580
57.43%
Underperform Votes
430
42.57%

In the previous week, FirstEnergy had 5 more articles in the media than Entergy. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for FirstEnergy and 16 mentions for Entergy. Entergy's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat FirstEnergy's score of 0.36 indicating that Entergy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Entergy
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
FirstEnergy
6 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

90.0% of Entergy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of FirstEnergy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Entergy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of FirstEnergy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Entergy beats FirstEnergy on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ETR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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ETR vs. The Competition

MetricEntergyElectric services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$21.92B$13.05B$13.40B$14.13B
Dividend Yield4.13%4.09%3.75%3.93%
P/E Ratio19.5020.92104.6721.42
Price / Sales1.6111.091,088.2349.33
Price / Cash6.028.3549.8116.31
Price / Book1.651.361.876.77
Net Income$1.10B$261.15M$355.97M$868.69M
7 Day Performance4.63%3.76%1.69%1.35%
1 Month Performance2.15%0.52%-0.98%-6.31%
1 Year Performance-9.70%-5.63%-7.52%-15.29%

Entergy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FE
FirstEnergy
2.3928 of 5 stars
$38.36
-2.6%
$43.89
+14.4%
-14.3%$21.95B$12.46B54.0312,335Dividend Announcement
Analyst Report
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
PPL
PPL
1.9496 of 5 stars
$26.26
-1.9%
$31.38
+19.5%
-2.4%$19.35B$7.90B25.506,527
EIX
Edison International
2.7338 of 5 stars
$66.31
-2.2%
$69.64
+5.0%
-0.7%$25.37B$17.22B41.4413,388Short Interest ↑
ES
Eversource Energy
3.0217 of 5 stars
$73.52
-1.9%
$89.00
+21.1%
-12.5%$25.62B$12.29B18.209,626Short Interest ↑
Positive News
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
2.0047 of 5 stars
$75.34
-2.7%
$74.18
-1.5%
+1.1%$8.53B$4.32B17.645,861
OGE
OGE Energy
2.5142 of 5 stars
$35.14
-2.5%
$38.71
+10.2%
-9.1%$7.04B$3.38B10.622,237Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
SO
Southern
2.4069 of 5 stars
$66.71
-0.6%
$71.93
+7.8%
-3.7%$72.64B$29.28B20.3427,700Analyst Revision
DTE
DTE Energy
2.6901 of 5 stars
$103.98
-2.2%
$129.22
+24.3%
-18.1%$21.39B$19.23B18.8410,250Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
FTS
Fortis
2.3314 of 5 stars
$40.38
-1.1%
$57.86
+43.3%
-13.5%$19.47B$8.49B18.969,200Short Interest ↓
CNP
CenterPoint Energy
2.5665 of 5 stars
$27.65
-2.1%
$32.78
+18.5%
-5.6%$17.45B$9.32B17.398,986
This page (NYSE:ETR) was last updated on 3/29/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff