Evergy (EVRG) Competitors

Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) and Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility and risk, ET or EVRG?

Energy Transfer has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evergy has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

38.2% of Energy Transfer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of Evergy shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Energy Transfer shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Evergy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is ET or EVRG a better dividend stock?

Energy Transfer pays an annual dividend of $1.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. 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. Evergy pays out 70.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Energy Transfer has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Evergy has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years.

Does the media favor ET or EVRG?

In the previous week, Energy Transfer had 1 more articles in the media than Evergy. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Energy Transfer and 21 mentions for Evergy. Energy Transfer's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Evergy's score of 1.00 indicating that Energy Transfer is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Energy Transfer	17 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Evergy	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate ET or EVRG?

Energy Transfer presently has a consensus target price of $22.64, suggesting a potential upside of 26.18%. Evergy has a consensus target price of $73.19, suggesting a potential upside of 4.33%. Given Energy Transfer's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Energy Transfer is more favorable than Evergy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Energy Transfer	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91
Evergy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.11

Is ET or EVRG more profitable?

Evergy has a net margin of 14.87% compared to Energy Transfer's net margin of 5.88%. Energy Transfer's return on equity of 11.47% beat Evergy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Energy Transfer	5.88%	11.47%	3.88%
Evergy	14.87%	8.84%	2.73%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ET or EVRG?

Energy Transfer has higher revenue and earnings than Evergy. Energy Transfer is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evergy, 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
Energy Transfer	$82.67B	0.74	$4.45B	$1.32	13.59
Evergy	$5.85B	2.76	$873.50M	$3.80	18.46

Summary

Energy Transfer beats Evergy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.