NEE vs. AEP, BEP, BEPC, D, DTE, DUK, ETR, FE, NEP, and SO
Should you be buying NextEra Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NextEra Energy include American Electric Power (AEP), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Dominion Energy (D), DTE Energy (DTE), Duke Energy (DUK), Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), Nextera Energy Partners (NEP), and Southern (SO).
NextEra Energy vs. Its Competitors
American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) and NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
In the previous week, NextEra Energy had 26 more articles in the media than American Electric Power. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for NextEra Energy and 30 mentions for American Electric Power. NextEra Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat American Electric Power's score of 1.31 indicating that NextEra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Electric Power has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextEra Energy has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. NextEra Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. American Electric Power pays out 71.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NextEra Energy pays out 85.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Electric Power has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and NextEra Energy has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years. American Electric Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
NextEra Energy has higher revenue and earnings than American Electric Power. American Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NextEra Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.7% of NextEra Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of NextEra Energy shares are held 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.
American Electric Power presently has a consensus price target of $108.31, suggesting a potential upside of 2.82%. NextEra Energy has a consensus price target of $84.73, suggesting a potential upside of 13.96%. Given NextEra Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NextEra Energy is more favorable than American Electric Power.
NextEra Energy has a net margin of 21.81% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 13.73%. NextEra Energy's return on equity of 12.06% beat American Electric Power's return on equity.
Summary
NextEra Energy beats American Electric Power on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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.
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This page (NYSE:NEE) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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