NGG vs. CEG, EPD, ET, VST, AEP, TRP, EXC, XEL, VG, and CQP
Should you be buying National Grid stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Grid include Constellation Energy (CEG), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), Vistra (VST), 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 vs.
Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) and National Grid (NYSE:NGG) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
In the previous week, Constellation Energy had 4 more articles in the media than National Grid. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Constellation Energy and 10 mentions for National Grid. Constellation Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat National Grid's score of 0.81 indicating that Constellation Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Constellation Energy presently has a consensus target price of $292.86, indicating a potential upside of 0.63%. National Grid has a consensus target price of $80.40, indicating a potential upside of 12.98%. Given National Grid's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe National Grid is more favorable than Constellation Energy.
Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. National Grid pays an annual dividend of $4.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Constellation Energy pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Grid pays out 78.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Constellation Energy has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
National Grid has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Constellation Energy. National Grid is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellation Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Constellation Energy has a net margin of 15.91% compared to National Grid's net margin of 0.00%. Constellation Energy's return on equity of 21.96% beat National Grid's return on equity.
Constellation Energy has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Grid has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
National Grid received 345 more outperform votes than Constellation Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.37% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote while only 58.47% of users gave National Grid an outperform vote.
82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of National Grid shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Constellation Energy beats National Grid on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NGG) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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