OGE Energy (OGE) Competitors

PPL (NYSE:PPL) and OGE Energy (NYSE:OGE) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and community ranking.

Is PPL or OGE more profitable?

OGE Energy has a net margin of 14.79% compared to PPL's net margin of 10.49%. OGE Energy's return on equity of 9.71% beat PPL's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PPL	10.49%	8.88%	3.11%
OGE Energy	14.79%	9.71%	3.31%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PPL or OGE?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PPL	$8.66B	2.93	$888M	$1.35	25.44
OGE Energy	$3.14B	2.86	$416.80M	$2.42	18.44

Which has more volatility & risk, PPL or OGE?

PPL has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OGE Energy has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PPL or OGE?

PPL received 295 more outperform votes than OGE Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.68% of users gave PPL an outperform vote while only 50.25% of users gave OGE Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PPL	Outperform Votes 591 60.68%	Underperform Votes 383 39.32%
OGE Energy	Outperform Votes 296 50.25%	Underperform Votes 293 49.75%

Do analysts prefer PPL or OGE?

PPL presently has a consensus price target of $36.90, suggesting a potential upside of 7.42%. OGE Energy has a consensus price target of $46.80, suggesting a potential upside of 4.89%. Given PPL's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PPL is more favorable than OGE Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PPL	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
OGE Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media favor PPL or OGE?

In the previous week, OGE Energy had 15 more articles in the media than PPL. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for OGE Energy and 1 mentions for PPL. OGE Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat PPL's score of 0.00 indicating that OGE Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PPL	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
OGE Energy	11 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PPL or OGE a better dividend stock?

PPL pays an annual dividend of $1.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. OGE Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. PPL pays out 80.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OGE Energy pays out 69.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PPL has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and OGE Energy has raised its dividend for 18 consecutive years. OGE Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PPL or OGE?

77.0% of PPL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of OGE Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of PPL shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of OGE Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

PPL beats OGE Energy on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.