FTS vs. CEG, NGG, EPD, ET, VST, AEP, TRP, EXC, XEL, and VG
Should you be buying Fortis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fortis include Constellation Energy (CEG), National Grid (NGG), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), Vistra (VST), American Electric Power (AEP), TC Energy (TRP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), and Venture Global (VG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Fortis vs. Its Competitors
Fortis (NYSE:FTS) and Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Fortis received 106 more outperform votes than Constellation Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.37% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote while only 52.35% of users gave Fortis an outperform vote.
57.8% of Fortis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned 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.
Constellation Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Fortis. Fortis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellation Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Constellation Energy has a net margin of 15.91% compared to Fortis' net margin of 14.12%. Constellation Energy's return on equity of 21.96% beat Fortis' return on equity.
Fortis has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Constellation Energy has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fortis currently has a consensus target price of $72.00, suggesting a potential upside of 51.94%. Constellation Energy has a consensus target price of $292.86, suggesting a potential upside of 0.23%. Given Fortis' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Fortis is more favorable than Constellation Energy.
In the previous week, Fortis had 1 more articles in the media than Constellation Energy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Fortis and 11 mentions for Constellation Energy. Constellation Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Fortis' score of 0.66 indicating that Constellation Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Fortis pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Fortis pays out 75.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Constellation Energy pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fortis has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Constellation Energy has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Fortis is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Constellation Energy beats Fortis on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NYSE:FTS) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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