Evergy (EVRG) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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	13.49
Evergy	$5.85B	2.64	$873.50M	$3.80	17.68

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 7.4%. Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. 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.

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 more volatility & risk, ET or EVRG?

Energy Transfer has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evergy has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ET or EVRG?

In the previous week, Energy Transfer had 16 more articles in the media than Evergy. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Energy Transfer and 7 mentions for Evergy. Evergy's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Energy Transfer's score of 1.01 indicating that Evergy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Energy Transfer	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Evergy	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate ET or EVRG?

Energy Transfer presently has a consensus target price of $22.64, suggesting a potential upside of 27.13%. Evergy has a consensus target price of $73.19, suggesting a potential upside of 8.93%. Given Energy Transfer's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ET or EVRG?

Energy Transfer received 271 more outperform votes than Evergy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.36% of users gave Energy Transfer an outperform vote while only 60.61% of users gave Evergy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Energy Transfer	Outperform Votes 411 72.36%	Underperform Votes 157 27.64%
Evergy	Outperform Votes 140 60.61%	Underperform Votes 91 39.39%

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

38.2% of Energy Transfer shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of Evergy shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Energy Transfer shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Evergy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Energy Transfer beats Evergy on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.