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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

American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) and FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.

American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. FirstEnergy pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. American Electric Power pays out 71.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 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 0.42, indicating that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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
American Electric Power$19.72B2.82$2.97B$5.1920.07
FirstEnergy$13.95B1.65$978M$1.8821.20

75.2% of American Electric Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.4% of FirstEnergy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of FirstEnergy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, American Electric Power had 6 more articles in the media than FirstEnergy. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for American Electric Power and 21 mentions for FirstEnergy. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat FirstEnergy's score of 0.85 indicating that American Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Electric Power
21 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
FirstEnergy
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
American Electric Power13.73% 11.68% 3.08%
FirstEnergy 7.78%11.49%3.06%

American Electric Power currently has a consensus price target of $108.31, suggesting a potential upside of 3.97%. FirstEnergy has a consensus price target of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.40%. Given FirstEnergy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FirstEnergy is more favorable than American Electric Power.

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

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$23.02B$24.62B$15.89B$20.71B
Dividend Yield4.46%3.69%5.58%3.72%
P/E Ratio21.2035.2720.2427.80
Price / Sales1.653.9829.1747.12
Price / Cash6.969.0119.3118.22
Price / Book1.672.232.164.59
Net Income$978M$1.43B$751.09M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-1.26%-1.14%-0.46%0.65%
1 Month Performance-1.93%2.18%2.37%4.26%
1 Year Performance3.29%22.90%15.99%13.93%

FirstEnergy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FE
FirstEnergy
4.4627 of 5 stars
$39.86
-0.1%
$46.00
+15.4%
+3.3%$23.02B$13.95B21.2012,294
AEP
American Electric Power
4.5904 of 5 stars
$103.76
+1.3%
$108.31
+4.4%
+18.6%$55.43B$19.72B19.9917,000Positive News
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.2646 of 5 stars
$60.47
+0.2%
$63.95
+5.8%
+20.1%$15.53B$3.98B20.852,998Positive News
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AEE
Ameren
4.0523 of 5 stars
$95.96
+0.7%
$101.64
+5.9%
+36.0%$25.94B$7.62B21.289,240Positive News
CMS
CMS Energy
4.674 of 5 stars
$69.29
+0.4%
$77.00
+11.1%
+18.1%$20.73B$7.52B20.569,070Positive News
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D
Dominion Energy
3.5167 of 5 stars
$56.58
+1.3%
$58.38
+3.2%
+15.0%$48.25B$14.90B21.1917,200Positive News
DTE
DTE Energy
4.5716 of 5 stars
$132.54
+0.7%
$140.93
+6.3%
+19.4%$27.50B$12.46B17.9110,200Positive News
DUK
Duke Energy
4.5316 of 5 stars
$118.02
+0.9%
$126.94
+7.6%
+16.6%$91.73B$30.36B19.5727,900
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
3.2297 of 5 stars
$89.48
+1.1%
$97.00
+8.4%
+18.7%$10.68B$5.12B17.796,403Positive News
PPL
PPL
3.639 of 5 stars
$33.87
+0.9%
$36.80
+8.7%
+22.9%$25.04B$8.46B25.096,530
ETR
Entergy
4.3171 of 5 stars
$83.10
+0.8%
$86.25
+3.8%
+55.1%$35.80B$11.93B26.9811,700Positive News

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