Evergy (EVRG) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend ET or EVRG?

Energy Transfer currently has a consensus target price of $22.64, suggesting a potential upside of 26.32%. Evergy has a consensus target price of $72.44, suggesting a potential upside of 9.37%. Given Energy Transfer's higher possible upside, equities 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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in 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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Evergy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, ET or EVRG?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ET or EVRG?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Energy Transfer	Outperform Votes 411 72.36%	Underperform Votes 157 27.64%
Evergy	Outperform Votes 139 60.70%	Underperform Votes 90 39.30%

Is ET or EVRG more profitable?

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 Transfer	5.74%	11.56%	3.90%
Evergy	14.77%	8.77%	2.72%

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 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 raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Evergy has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years.

Does the media favor ET or EVRG?

In the previous week, Energy Transfer had 15 more articles in the media than Evergy. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Energy Transfer and 24 mentions for Evergy. Energy Transfer's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Evergy's score of 1.13 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	27 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Evergy	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better 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	$82.06B	0.75	$4.39B	$1.32	13.58
Evergy	$5.89B	2.59	$731.30M	$3.80	17.43

Summary

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