Genie Energy (GNE) Competitors

Genie Energy (NYSE:GNE) and NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and dividends.

Is GNE or NRG a better dividend stock?

Genie Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. NRG Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Genie Energy pays out 214.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NRG Energy pays out 79.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NRG Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate GNE or NRG?

NRG Energy has a consensus price target of $186.92, suggesting a potential upside of 26.32%. Given NRG Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NRG Energy is more favorable than Genie Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Genie Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
NRG Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Which has more volatility and risk, GNE or NRG?

Genie Energy has a beta of 0.1, suggesting that its stock price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NRG Energy has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GNE or NRG more profitable?

Genie Energy has a net margin of 1.82% compared to NRG Energy's net margin of 1.78%. NRG Energy's return on equity of 88.22% beat Genie Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genie Energy	1.82%	6.40%	3.26%
NRG Energy	1.78%	88.22%	6.80%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GNE or NRG?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Genie Energy	$425.20M	0.95	$12.59M	$0.14	107.86
NRG Energy	$28.13B	1.02	$1.13B	$2.21	66.95

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GNE or NRG?

49.2% of Genie Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of NRG Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.4% of Genie Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of NRG Energy 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.

Does the media refer more to GNE or NRG?

In the previous week, NRG Energy had 14 more articles in the media than Genie Energy. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for NRG Energy and 1 mentions for Genie Energy. NRG Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Genie Energy's score of 1.75 indicating that NRG Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Genie Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
NRG Energy	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

NRG Energy beats Genie Energy on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.