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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
