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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
American Electric Power presently has a consensus price target of $114.10, indicating a potential downside of 3.82%. FirstEnergy has a consensus price target of $46.25, indicating a potential downside of 1.27%. Given FirstEnergy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FirstEnergy is more favorable than American Electric Power.
American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. FirstEnergy pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. 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 raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and FirstEnergy has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
American Electric Power has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of FirstEnergy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 12 more articles in the media than FirstEnergy. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for American Electric Power and 16 mentions for FirstEnergy. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat FirstEnergy's score of 0.96 indicating that American Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the 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.
Summary
American Electric Power beats FirstEnergy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
