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$72.11 -0.12 (-0.16%)
Closing price 07/25/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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NGG vs. CEG, EPD, VST, ET, AEP, TRP, EXC, XEL, VG, and CQP

Should you be buying National Grid Transco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Grid Transco include Constellation Energy (CEG), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Vistra (VST), Energy Transfer (ET), American Electric Power (AEP), TC Energy (TRP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Venture Global (VG), and Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

National Grid Transco vs. Its Competitors

Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) and National Grid Transco (NYSE:NGG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of National Grid Transco shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. National Grid Transco pays an annual dividend of $4.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Constellation Energy pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Grid Transco pays out 78.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Constellation Energy has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Constellation Energy had 4 more articles in the media than National Grid Transco. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Constellation Energy and 9 mentions for National Grid Transco. Constellation Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat National Grid Transco's score of 0.87 indicating that Constellation Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Constellation Energy
7 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
National Grid Transco
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Constellation Energy presently has a consensus target price of $308.57, indicating a potential downside of 5.74%. National Grid Transco has a consensus target price of $80.40, indicating a potential upside of 11.49%. Given National Grid Transco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe National Grid Transco is more favorable than Constellation Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Constellation Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
National Grid Transco
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Constellation Energy has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Grid Transco has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Constellation Energy$24.20B4.24$3.75B$9.4934.49
National Grid Transco$23.61B2.99$3.70B$5.2013.87

Constellation Energy has a net margin of 12.33% compared to National Grid Transco's net margin of 0.00%. Constellation Energy's return on equity of 21.93% beat National Grid Transco's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Constellation Energy12.33% 21.93% 5.43%
National Grid Transco N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Constellation Energy beats National Grid Transco on 16 of the 20 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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NGG vs. The Competition

MetricNational Grid TranscoUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$70.81B$24.97B$16.14B$21.10B
Dividend Yield5.63%3.70%5.31%3.59%
P/E Ratio13.8734.8620.3628.44
Price / Sales2.994.23207.9458.59
Price / Cash10.838.9219.0922.92
Price / Book1.462.262.164.69
Net Income$3.70B$1.43B$751.46M$995.51M
7 Day Performance0.76%1.95%0.90%1.65%
1 Month Performance-2.98%3.29%22.52%4.54%
1 Year Performance13.35%19.16%174.89%9.99%

National Grid Transco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NGG
National Grid Transco
3.3378 of 5 stars
$72.11
-0.2%
$80.40
+11.5%
+15.1%$70.81B$23.61B13.8731,645
CEG
Constellation Energy
3.7496 of 5 stars
$317.88
-1.1%
$303.93
-4.4%
+92.1%$99.63B$23.57B33.5014,264News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EPD
Enterprise Products Partners
4.4115 of 5 stars
$31.16
-0.6%
$36.36
+16.7%
+6.7%$67.59B$56.22B11.677,800Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
VST
Vistra
3.3964 of 5 stars
$188.37
-2.4%
$176.92
-6.1%
+173.3%$63.92B$17.22B29.626,850News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ET
Energy Transfer
4.8863 of 5 stars
$17.25
-1.3%
$22.58
+31.0%
+9.9%$59.18B$82.67B13.0616,248Positive News
Dividend Increase
AEP
American Electric Power
4.3387 of 5 stars
$108.54
+1.1%
$108.31
-0.2%
+14.6%$57.98B$19.72B20.9116,330News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
TRP
TC Energy
3.9872 of 5 stars
$47.40
-0.8%
$62.00
+30.8%
+13.9%$49.29B$10.05B15.646,668News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
EXC
Exelon
4.4732 of 5 stars
$43.73
+0.8%
$47.20
+7.9%
+20.6%$44.15B$23.03B16.2620,014Upcoming Earnings
XEL
Xcel Energy
3.4762 of 5 stars
$71.57
+1.7%
$75.80
+5.9%
+27.8%$41.28B$13.44B21.0511,380Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
VG
Venture Global
4.2237 of 5 stars
$15.22
-4.3%
$16.69
+9.7%
N/A$36.83B$4.97B0.001,500Analyst Forecast
Lockup Expiration
CQP
Cheniere Energy Partners
1.3215 of 5 stars
$52.76
-3.4%
$55.80
+5.8%
N/A$25.54B$8.70B12.681,714

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