FE vs. AEP, LNT, AEE, CMS, D, DTE, DUK, PNW, PPL, and ETR
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), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), PPL (PPL), and Entergy (ETR). These companies are all part of the "util - elec pwr" industry.
FirstEnergy vs. Its Competitors
FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) and American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
American Electric Power has a net margin of 13.73% compared to FirstEnergy's net margin of 7.78%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 11.68% beat FirstEnergy's return on equity.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 16 more articles in the media than FirstEnergy. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for American Electric Power and 15 mentions for FirstEnergy. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat FirstEnergy's score of 0.71 indicating that American Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
89.4% of FirstEnergy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of FirstEnergy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
FirstEnergy presently has a consensus price target of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.52%. American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $108.31, suggesting a potential upside of 4.74%. Given FirstEnergy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FirstEnergy is more favorable than American Electric Power.
FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Electric Power has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FirstEnergy pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 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. American Electric Power pays out 71.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstEnergy has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and American Electric Power has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
Summary
American Electric Power beats FirstEnergy on 12 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 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
