FE vs. AEP, LNT, AEE, CMS, D, DTE, DUK, OGE, PNW, and SO
Should you be buying FirstEnergy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FirstEnergy include American Electric Power (AEP), Alliant Energy (LNT), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), Dominion Energy (D), DTE Energy (DTE), Duke Energy (DUK), OGE Energy (OGE), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), and Southern (SO). These companies are all part of the "util - elec pwr" industry.
FirstEnergy vs. Its Competitors
American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) and FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 19 more articles in the media than FirstEnergy. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for American Electric Power and 13 mentions for FirstEnergy. FirstEnergy's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat American Electric Power's score of 1.28 indicating that FirstEnergy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Electric Power currently has a consensus price target of $111.93, indicating a potential upside of 2.20%. FirstEnergy has a consensus price target of $46.31, indicating a potential upside of 5.49%. Given FirstEnergy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FirstEnergy is more favorable than American Electric Power.
75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.4% of FirstEnergy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of FirstEnergy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. FirstEnergy pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. American Electric Power pays out 54.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstEnergy pays out 78.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Electric Power has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and FirstEnergy has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
American Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than FirstEnergy. American Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstEnergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Electric Power has a net margin of 17.68% compared to FirstEnergy's net margin of 9.31%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 11.55% beat FirstEnergy's return on equity.
American Electric Power has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
American Electric Power beats FirstEnergy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:FE) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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