FE vs. ETR, ES, PPL, EIX, PNW, OGE, SO, VST, FTS, and EBR
Should you be buying FirstEnergy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FirstEnergy include Entergy (ETR), Eversource Energy (ES), PPL (PPL), Edison International (EIX), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), Southern (SO), Vistra (VST), Fortis (FTS), and Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Entergy (NYSE:ETR) and FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
88.1% of Entergy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.4% of FirstEnergy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Entergy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of FirstEnergy shares are owned 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.
Entergy has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, Entergy had 4 more articles in the media than FirstEnergy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Entergy and 7 mentions for FirstEnergy. FirstEnergy's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Entergy's score of 0.57 indicating that Entergy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FirstEnergy received 155 more outperform votes than Entergy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.54% of users gave FirstEnergy an outperform vote while only 49.09% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote.
Entergy pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. FirstEnergy pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Entergy pays out 40.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstEnergy pays out 90.6% 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 has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years and FirstEnergy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Entergy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Entergy has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Entergy currently has a consensus price target of $111.09, suggesting a potential upside of 5.12%. FirstEnergy has a consensus price target of $39.63, suggesting a potential upside of 2.60%. Given FirstEnergy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Entergy is more favorable than FirstEnergy.
Entergy has a net margin of 19.41% compared to Entergy's net margin of 8.56%. Entergy's return on equity of 13.52% beat FirstEnergy's return on equity.
Summary
Entergy beats FirstEnergy on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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