GNE vs. NRG, AES, ORA, UTL, SUUN, NOVA, VVPR, ALCE, DUK, and PCG
Should you be buying Genie Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genie Energy include NRG Energy (NRG), AES (AES), Ormat Technologies (ORA), Unitil (UTL), SolarBank (SUUN), Sunnova Energy International (NOVA), VivoPower International (VVPR), Alternus Clean Energy (ALCE), Duke Energy (DUK), and PG&E (PCG).
Genie Energy vs.
NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) and Genie Energy (NYSE:GNE) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.
NRG Energy has a net margin of 3.43% compared to Genie Energy's net margin of 0.80%. NRG Energy's return on equity of 48.96% beat Genie Energy's return on equity.
NRG Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Genie Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. NRG Energy pays out 28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
In the previous week, NRG Energy had 26 more articles in the media than Genie Energy. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for NRG Energy and 3 mentions for Genie Energy. NRG Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Genie Energy's score of 0.18 indicating that NRG Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Genie Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NRG 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.
NRG Energy has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Genie Energy has a beta of -0.02, suggesting that its stock price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.
97.7% of NRG Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.2% of Genie Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of NRG Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of Genie Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NRG Energy currently has a consensus price target of $140.75, suggesting a potential downside of 9.40%. Given NRG Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe NRG Energy is more favorable than Genie Energy.
NRG Energy received 502 more outperform votes than Genie Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.91% of users gave NRG Energy an outperform vote while only 58.01% of users gave Genie Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
NRG Energy beats Genie Energy on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GNE) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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