EVRG vs. APA, CHK, OVV, PAA, DINO, WES, MMP, EQT, TPL, and FTI
Should you be buying Evergy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Evergy include APA (APA), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Ovintiv (OVV), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), HF Sinclair (DINO), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Magellan Midstream Partners (MMP), EQT (EQT), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), and TechnipFMC (FTI). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
APA (NASDAQ:APA) and Evergy (NYSE:EVRG) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. APA pays out 21.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Evergy pays out 74.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. APA has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
In the previous week, APA had 21 more articles in the media than Evergy. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for APA and 7 mentions for Evergy. Evergy's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat APA's score of 0.39 indicating that APA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
APA has higher revenue and earnings than Evergy. APA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Evergy received 37 more outperform votes than APA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.97% of users gave Evergy an outperform vote while only 44.83% of users gave APA an outperform vote.
80.5% of APA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Evergy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of APA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Evergy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
APA has a beta of 3.53, meaning that its stock price is 253% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evergy has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
APA presently has a consensus price target of $47.57, suggesting a potential upside of 12.25%. Evergy has a consensus price target of $61.83, suggesting a potential upside of 21.12%. Given APA's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Evergy is more favorable than APA.
APA has a net margin of 16.14% compared to APA's net margin of 12.97%. Evergy's return on equity of 117.05% beat APA's return on equity.
Summary
APA beats Evergy on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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