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EVRG vs. ET, AEP, VST, TRP, EXC, XEL, CQP, VG, FTS, and EBR

Should you be buying Evergy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Evergy include Energy Transfer (ET), American Electric Power (AEP), Vistra (VST), TC Energy (TRP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Venture Global (VG), Fortis (FTS), and Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Evergy vs.

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

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Evergy has a net margin of 14.77% compared to Energy Transfer's net margin of 5.74%. Energy Transfer's return on equity of 11.56% beat Evergy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Energy Transfer5.74% 11.56% 3.90%
Evergy 14.77%8.77%2.72%

In the previous week, Energy Transfer had 10 more articles in the media than Evergy. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Energy Transfer and 21 mentions for Evergy. Energy Transfer's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Evergy's score of 1.07 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
26 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Evergy
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 4.1%. 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.

Energy Transfer received 272 more outperform votes than Evergy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.36% of users gave Energy Transfer an outperform vote while only 60.70% of users gave Evergy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Energy TransferOutperform Votes
411
72.36%
Underperform Votes
157
27.64%
EvergyOutperform Votes
139
60.70%
Underperform Votes
90
39.30%

Energy Transfer has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evergy has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Energy Transfer currently has a consensus price target of $22.64, indicating a potential upside of 27.53%. Evergy has a consensus price target of $72.44, indicating a potential upside of 10.04%. 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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Energy Transfer$82.06B0.74$4.39B$1.3213.45
Evergy$5.89B2.57$731.30M$3.8017.32

Summary

Energy Transfer beats Evergy on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EVRG vs. The Competition

MetricEvergyElectric & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$15.15B$20.57B$16.19B$8.46B
Dividend Yield4.03%3.21%5.65%4.18%
P/E Ratio17.7936.0820.5919.78
Price / Sales2.5718.1439.37138.40
Price / Cash7.738.4018.6834.64
Price / Book1.562.022.124.54
Net Income$731.30M$965.53M$674.16M$247.85M
7 Day Performance-0.14%2.39%1.60%1.31%
1 Month Performance-4.47%1.34%3.69%9.43%
1 Year Performance25.22%16.74%11.00%10.33%

Evergy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EVRG
Evergy
4.0702 of 5 stars
$66.17
+0.5%
$72.44
+9.5%
+23.6%$15.25B$5.89B17.914,510Positive News
ET
Energy Transfer
4.5367 of 5 stars
$17.99
+0.2%
$22.36
+24.3%
+14.6%$61.73B$82.06B14.0512,600Positive News
AEP
American Electric Power
4.4149 of 5 stars
$103.78
+0.7%
$105.77
+1.9%
+14.7%$55.44B$20.16B18.5317,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
VST
Vistra
2.69 of 5 stars
$157.33
+0.5%
$165.83
+5.4%
+53.0%$53.39B$18.10B29.354,910Positive News
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
TRP
TC Energy
3.5215 of 5 stars
$49.47
-0.7%
$62.00
+25.3%
+30.2%$51.43B$13.89B15.277,480Positive News
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
EXC
Exelon
4.374 of 5 stars
$44.39
+0.7%
$47.30
+6.6%
+17.7%$44.81B$23.70B18.1219,100Positive News
Analyst Revision
XEL
Xcel Energy
4.2053 of 5 stars
$72.21
-0.2%
$76.00
+5.2%
+28.3%$41.65B$13.70B20.9912,000Positive News
CQP
Cheniere Energy Partners
1.8358 of 5 stars
$58.60
-4.4%
$53.60
-8.5%
N/A$28.37B$9.40B13.761,550Positive News
Short Interest ↓
VG
Venture Global
4.5883 of 5 stars
$10.10
+3.2%
$15.63
+54.7%
N/A$24.44B$6.45B0.001,400
FTS
Fortis
4.3918 of 5 stars
$47.55
+0.8%
$72.00
+51.4%
+21.9%$23.85B$11.73B20.159,200Short Interest ↑
EBR
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás
2.2796 of 5 stars
$7.47
+1.6%
N/A+4.4%$16.78B$40.18B9.8312,100Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:EVRG) was last updated on 5/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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