Fortis (FTS) Competitors

Evergy currently has a consensus target price of $89.60, indicating a potential upside of 6.86%. Fortis has a consensus target price of $61.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.20%. Given Fortis' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fortis is more favorable than Evergy.

In the previous week, Evergy had 10 more articles in the media than Fortis. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Evergy and 6 mentions for Fortis. Evergy's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Fortis' score of 0.64 indicating that Evergy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Evergy has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Fortis has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its share price is 57% less volatile than the broader market.

87.2% of Evergy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.8% of Fortis shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Evergy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Fortis pays an annual dividend of $1.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Evergy pays out 73.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fortis pays out 76.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Evergy has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Fortis has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Evergy has a net margin of 14.63% compared to Fortis' net margin of 14.21%. Evergy's return on equity of 9.09% beat Fortis' return on equity.

Fortis has higher revenue and earnings than Evergy. Evergy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Alliant Energy has a net margin of 18.58% compared to Fortis' net margin of 14.21%. Alliant Energy's return on equity of 11.37% beat Fortis' return on equity.

57.8% of Fortis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Fortis has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the broader market.

Fortis presently has a consensus target price of $61.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.20%. Alliant Energy has a consensus target price of $76.60, indicating a potential upside of 4.77%. Given Fortis' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Fortis is more favorable than Alliant Energy.

Fortis has higher revenue and earnings than Alliant Energy. Alliant Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Fortis pays an annual dividend of $1.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Fortis pays out 76.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alliant Energy pays out 67.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fortis has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Alliant Energy has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Fortis had 1 more articles in the media than Alliant Energy. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Fortis and 5 mentions for Alliant Energy. Alliant Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Fortis' score of 0.64 indicating that Alliant Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Fortis currently has a consensus price target of $61.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.20%. Ameren has a consensus price target of $117.54, suggesting a potential upside of 7.85%. Given Ameren's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ameren is more favorable than Fortis.

Fortis has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Ameren has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the broader market.

Ameren has a net margin of 17.17% compared to Fortis' net margin of 14.21%. Ameren's return on equity of 10.94% beat Fortis' return on equity.

57.8% of Fortis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of Ameren shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Ameren shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Fortis pays an annual dividend of $1.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Ameren pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Fortis pays out 76.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ameren pays out 54.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fortis has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Ameren has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Ameren has higher revenue and earnings than Fortis. Ameren is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

In the previous week, Ameren had 7 more articles in the media than Fortis. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ameren and 6 mentions for Fortis. Ameren's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Fortis' score of 0.64 indicating that Ameren is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Fortis has a net margin of 14.21% compared to CMS Energy's net margin of 12.55%. CMS Energy's return on equity of 12.17% beat Fortis' return on equity.

Fortis has higher revenue and earnings than CMS Energy. CMS Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CMS Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Fortis pays an annual dividend of $1.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. CMS Energy pays out 63.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fortis pays out 76.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CMS Energy has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Fortis has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Fortis is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

93.6% of CMS Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.8% of Fortis shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of CMS Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

CMS Energy has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Fortis has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, CMS Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Fortis. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for CMS Energy and 6 mentions for Fortis. CMS Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Fortis' score of 0.64 indicating that CMS Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

CMS Energy presently has a consensus target price of $80.17, indicating a potential upside of 9.06%. Fortis has a consensus target price of $61.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.20%. Given CMS Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe CMS Energy is more favorable than Fortis.