FE vs. ETR, PPL, EIX, ES, PNW, OGE, SO, DTE, FTS, and CNP
Should you be buying FirstEnergy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FirstEnergy include Entergy (ETR), PPL (PPL), Edison International (EIX), Eversource Energy (ES), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), Southern (SO), DTE Energy (DTE), Fortis (FTS), and CenterPoint Energy (CNP). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
FirstEnergy vs.
FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) and Entergy (NYSE:ETR) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
Entergy has higher revenue and earnings than FirstEnergy. Entergy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstEnergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FirstEnergy currently has a consensus price target of $43.56, indicating a potential upside of 11.20%. Entergy has a consensus price target of $122.07, indicating a potential upside of 17.72%. Given Entergy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Entergy is more favorable than FirstEnergy.
Entergy has a net margin of 8.01% compared to FirstEnergy's net margin of 3.26%. FirstEnergy's return on equity of 13.16% beat Entergy's return on equity.
81.8% of FirstEnergy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Entergy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of FirstEnergy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Entergy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, FirstEnergy had 1 more articles in the media than Entergy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for FirstEnergy and 11 mentions for Entergy. Entergy's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat FirstEnergy's score of 0.52 indicating that Entergy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FirstEnergy received 158 more outperform votes than Entergy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.48% of users gave FirstEnergy an outperform vote while only 49.94% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote.
FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Entergy has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FirstEnergy pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Entergy pays an annual dividend of $4.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. FirstEnergy pays out 219.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Entergy pays out 79.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Entergy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Entergy beats FirstEnergy on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
FirstEnergy Competitors List
