FE vs. DUK, ETR, PPL, ES, EIX, PNW, OGE, IDA, POR, and ALE
Should you be buying FirstEnergy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FirstEnergy include Duke Energy (DUK), Entergy (ETR), PPL (PPL), Eversource Energy (ES), Edison International (EIX), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR), and ALLETE (ALE). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.
FirstEnergy vs.
FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) and Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Duke Energy had 19 more articles in the media than FirstEnergy. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Duke Energy and 29 mentions for FirstEnergy. Duke Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat FirstEnergy's score of 0.74 indicating that Duke Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
89.4% of FirstEnergy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of Duke Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of FirstEnergy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Duke Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
FirstEnergy pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Duke Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. FirstEnergy pays out 94.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Duke Energy pays out 69.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstEnergy has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Duke Energy has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years.
Duke Energy has a net margin of 14.90% compared to FirstEnergy's net margin of 6.64%. FirstEnergy's return on equity of 11.38% beat Duke Energy's return on equity.
FirstEnergy currently has a consensus target price of $46.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.81%. Duke Energy has a consensus target price of $126.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.18%. Given FirstEnergy's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe FirstEnergy is more favorable than Duke Energy.
FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Duke Energy has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Duke Energy received 8 more outperform votes than FirstEnergy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.24% of users gave FirstEnergy an outperform vote while only 53.91% of users gave Duke Energy an outperform vote.
Duke Energy has higher revenue and earnings than FirstEnergy. Duke Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstEnergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Duke Energy beats FirstEnergy on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FE) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
