Genie Energy (GNE) Competitors

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

Is NRG or GNE more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NRG Energy	3.43%	48.96%	4.73%
Genie Energy	0.80%	21.48%	12.24%

Which has more risk & volatility, NRG or GNE?

NRG Energy has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genie Energy has a beta of 0.04, indicating that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in NRG or GNE?

97.7% of NRG Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.2% of Genie Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of NRG Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of Genie Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NRG or GNE?

NRG Energy received 500 more outperform votes than Genie Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.87% of users gave NRG Energy an outperform vote while only 57.88% of users gave Genie Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NRG Energy	Outperform Votes 691 65.87%	Underperform Votes 358 34.13%
Genie Energy	Outperform Votes 191 57.88%	Underperform Votes 139 42.12%

Do analysts rate NRG or GNE?

NRG Energy currently has a consensus price target of $124.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.87%. Given NRG Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe NRG Energy is more favorable than Genie Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NRG Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Genie Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is NRG or GNE a better dividend stock?

NRG Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Genie Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. NRG Energy pays out 35.9% 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, NRG or GNE?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NRG Energy	$28.13B	0.82	-$202M	$4.90	23.24
Genie Energy	$425.20M	0.94	$19.54M	$0.14	106.00

Does the media refer more to NRG or GNE?

In the previous week, NRG Energy had 29 more articles in the media than Genie Energy. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for NRG Energy and 1 mentions for Genie Energy. Genie Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat NRG Energy's score of 1.28 indicating that Genie Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NRG Energy	20 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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

Summary

NRG Energy beats Genie Energy on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.