NWE vs. KEP, WTRG, TLN, DTM, ELPC, KNTK, BEP, ENLC, CWEN, and OKLO
Should you be buying NorthWestern Energy Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NorthWestern Energy Group include Korea Electric Power (KEP), Essential Utilities (WTRG), Talen Energy (TLN), DT Midstream (DTM), Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELPC), Kinetik (KNTK), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Clearway Energy (CWEN), and Oklo (OKLO). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
NorthWestern Energy Group vs.
NorthWestern Energy Group (NYSE:NWE) and Korea Electric Power (NYSE:KEP) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
NorthWestern Energy Group has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Korea Electric Power has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
NorthWestern Energy Group has a net margin of 14.81% compared to Korea Electric Power's net margin of 4.03%. Korea Electric Power's return on equity of 9.64% beat NorthWestern Energy Group's return on equity.
NorthWestern Energy Group currently has a consensus price target of $60.21, suggesting a potential upside of 8.81%. Given NorthWestern Energy Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NorthWestern Energy Group is more favorable than Korea Electric Power.
NorthWestern Energy Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Korea Electric Power. Korea Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NorthWestern Energy Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
96.1% of NorthWestern Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of NorthWestern Energy Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Korea Electric Power shares are held 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.
In the previous week, NorthWestern Energy Group had 4 more articles in the media than Korea Electric Power. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for NorthWestern Energy Group and 3 mentions for Korea Electric Power. NorthWestern Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Korea Electric Power's score of 0.72 indicating that NorthWestern Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NorthWestern Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Korea Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. NorthWestern Energy Group pays out 68.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Korea Electric Power pays out 2.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. NorthWestern Energy Group has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. NorthWestern Energy Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Korea Electric Power received 225 more outperform votes than NorthWestern Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.43% of users gave Korea Electric Power an outperform vote while only 41.67% of users gave NorthWestern Energy Group an outperform vote.
Summary
NorthWestern Energy Group beats Korea Electric Power on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NWE) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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