NEE vs. SO, D, AEP, DUK, SRE, NGG, BCE, ES, EIX, and ETR
Should you be buying NextEra Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NextEra Energy include Southern (SO), Dominion Energy (D), American Electric Power (AEP), Duke Energy (DUK), Sempra (SRE), National Grid (NGG), BCE (BCE), Eversource Energy (ES), Edison International (EIX), and Entergy (ETR). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
NextEra Energy vs.
NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) and Southern (NYSE:SO) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.
NextEra Energy currently has a consensus price target of $92.90, indicating a potential upside of 9.68%. Southern has a consensus price target of $71.42, indicating a potential upside of 5.58%. Given NextEra Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe NextEra Energy is more favorable than Southern.
76.9% of NextEra Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Southern shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of NextEra Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Southern 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.
NextEra Energy has a net margin of 19.30% compared to Southern's net margin of 12.52%. NextEra Energy's return on equity of 12.27% beat Southern's return on equity.
NextEra Energy received 212 more outperform votes than Southern when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.08% of users gave NextEra Energy an outperform vote while only 51.83% of users gave Southern an outperform vote.
NextEra Energy has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
NextEra Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Southern. Southern is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NextEra Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, NextEra Energy and NextEra Energy both had 10 articles in the media. NextEra Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Southern's score of -0.06 indicating that NextEra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NextEra Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Southern pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. NextEra Energy pays out 87.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Southern pays out 86.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Southern is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
NextEra Energy beats Southern on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NEE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
NextEra Energy Competitors List
