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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 superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FirstEnergy7.78% 11.49% 3.06%
American Electric Power 13.73%11.68%3.08%

FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Electric Power has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, American Electric Power had 17 more articles in the media than FirstEnergy. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for American Electric Power and 11 mentions for FirstEnergy. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat FirstEnergy's score of 0.81 indicating that American Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
FirstEnergy
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American Electric Power
22 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

FirstEnergy pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. 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 increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and American Electric Power has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

FirstEnergy currently has a consensus price target of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.87%. American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $108.31, suggesting a potential upside of 2.82%. Given FirstEnergy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe FirstEnergy is more favorable than American Electric Power.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
FirstEnergy
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
American Electric Power
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.31

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FirstEnergy$13.47B1.73$978M$1.8821.49
American Electric Power$20.16B2.79$2.97B$5.1920.30

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.
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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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FE vs. The Competition

MetricFirstEnergyUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$23.31B$24.92B$16.52B$20.61B
Dividend Yield4.41%3.75%5.60%3.72%
P/E Ratio21.4934.3720.0827.81
Price / Sales1.733.9128.8740.76
Price / Cash7.058.8019.0522.32
Price / Book1.702.222.154.57
Net Income$978M$1.43B$751.09M$989.30M
7 Day Performance1.45%-1.28%-0.60%0.20%
1 Month Performance0.22%1.47%1.84%5.53%
1 Year Performance2.22%16.28%13.15%10.30%

FirstEnergy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FE
FirstEnergy
4.2074 of 5 stars
$40.40
-0.3%
$46.00
+13.9%
+2.2%$23.31B$13.47B21.4912,294
AEP
American Electric Power
4.3989 of 5 stars
$104.17
+0.3%
$108.31
+4.0%
+15.8%$55.65B$19.72B20.0716,330Positive News
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.5969 of 5 stars
$61.95
+0.7%
$64.32
+3.8%
+15.2%$15.91B$4.08B21.362,998Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AEE
Ameren
4.0222 of 5 stars
$95.84
-0.2%
$101.64
+6.0%
+30.1%$25.90B$7.62B21.258,981Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
CMS
CMS Energy
4.0011 of 5 stars
$69.60
-1.2%
$77.00
+10.6%
+15.0%$20.82B$7.52B20.658,324Analyst Revision
D
Dominion Energy
2.8201 of 5 stars
$56.46
-0.7%
$58.38
+3.4%
+10.4%$48.15B$14.46B21.1514,700Positive News
DTE
DTE Energy
4.6007 of 5 stars
$131.11
-0.6%
$140.93
+7.5%
+16.9%$27.21B$12.46B17.729,500News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
DUK
Duke Energy
4.5317 of 5 stars
$117.25
-0.1%
$126.88
+8.2%
+11.4%$91.13B$30.36B19.4426,413Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
3.7128 of 5 stars
$90.06
-0.4%
$97.00
+7.7%
+13.4%$10.75B$5.12B17.906,403News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PPL
PPL
3.2956 of 5 stars
$33.70
-0.3%
$36.70
+8.9%
+20.5%$24.91B$8.46B24.966,653News Coverage
Positive News
ETR
Entergy
4.1887 of 5 stars
$81.71
-0.3%
$86.25
+5.6%
+49.7%$35.20B$11.88B26.5312,267Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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