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FE vs. DUK, ETR, PPL, EIX, ES, 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), Edison International (EIX), Eversource Energy (ES), 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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FirstEnergy$13.47B1.84$1.10B$1.8822.81
Duke Energy$30.36B3.12$4.52B$5.7121.35

89.4% of FirstEnergy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of Duke Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of FirstEnergy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Duke Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Duke Energy received 6 more outperform votes than FirstEnergy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.24% of users gave FirstEnergy an outperform vote while only 53.83% of users gave Duke Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
FirstEnergyOutperform Votes
613
56.24%
Underperform Votes
477
43.76%
Duke EnergyOutperform Votes
619
53.83%
Underperform Votes
531
46.17%

FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Duke Energy has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 3.4%. 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 73.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Duke Energy has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Duke Energy had 3 more articles in the media than FirstEnergy. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Duke Energy and 44 mentions for FirstEnergy. Duke Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat FirstEnergy's score of 0.79 indicating that Duke Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
FirstEnergy
19 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Duke Energy
28 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
7 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

FirstEnergy currently has a consensus target price of $46.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.26%. Duke Energy has a consensus target price of $123.87, indicating a potential upside of 1.59%. Given FirstEnergy's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe FirstEnergy is more favorable than Duke Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
FirstEnergy
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Duke Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FirstEnergy6.64% 11.38% 2.93%
Duke Energy 14.90%9.50%2.56%

Summary

Duke Energy beats FirstEnergy on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FE vs. The Competition

MetricFirstEnergyElectric services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$24.72B$14.22B$15.93B$18.91B
Dividend Yield3.98%4.79%5.67%4.02%
P/E Ratio27.6619.1415.6932.86
Price / Sales1.8416.7822.3027.79
Price / Cash8.6410.0718.5317.52
Price / Book2.252.202.034.47
Net Income$1.10B$690.28M$667.57M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.39%0.39%0.42%0.60%
1 Month Performance6.15%2.07%1.49%-2.74%
1 Year Performance10.82%443.11%10.46%4.48%

FirstEnergy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FE
FirstEnergy
3.3577 of 5 stars
$42.77
-0.3%
$46.00
+7.6%
+11.9%$24.67B$13.47B27.5912,300Analyst Forecast
DUK
Duke Energy
4.3325 of 5 stars
$119.57
-1.8%
$123.87
+3.6%
+24.3%$92.91B$30.36B20.9427,900Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
ETR
Entergy
4.2112 of 5 stars
$80.10
-3.8%
$85.25
+6.4%
+55.9%$34.50B$11.88B32.9011,700Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
PPL
PPL
3.8248 of 5 stars
$35.13
-1.7%
$35.70
+1.6%
+33.1%$25.96B$8.46B29.036,530Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
EIX
Edison International
4.9908 of 5 stars
$55.41
-3.5%
$76.75
+38.5%
-24.7%$21.33B$17.60B16.2513,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
ES
Eversource Energy
4.1533 of 5 stars
$56.03
-2.5%
$65.78
+17.4%
-1.7%$20.57B$11.90B24.269,630Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
3.8189 of 5 stars
$92.73
-1.8%
$95.50
+3.0%
+29.2%$11.05B$5.12B17.5680Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Positive News
Gap Down
OGE
OGE Energy
3.8627 of 5 stars
$43.93
-2.6%
$46.00
+4.7%
+31.1%$8.84B$2.99B19.972,240Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
IDA
IDACORP
3.8912 of 5 stars
$116.42
-2.4%
$120.50
+3.5%
+24.8%$6.29B$1.83B21.242,070Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
POR
Portland General Electric
2.7356 of 5 stars
$42.18
-2.1%
$45.78
+8.5%
-2.5%$4.62B$3.44B14.012,870Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
ALE
ALLETE
3.5781 of 5 stars
$64.69
-0.1%
$67.00
+3.6%
+10.4%$3.75B$1.53B20.871,490Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News

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