OGE Energy (OGE) Competitors

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

Is ETR or OGE more profitable?

OGE Energy has a net margin of 14.79% compared to Entergy's net margin of 8.90%. Entergy's return on equity of 10.68% beat OGE Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Entergy	8.90%	10.68%	2.49%
OGE Energy	14.79%	9.71%	3.31%

Is ETR or OGE a better dividend stock?

Entergy pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. OGE Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Entergy pays out 77.9% 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. Entergy has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and OGE Energy has increased 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 & institutionals have more ownership in ETR or OGE?

88.1% of Entergy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of OGE Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Entergy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of OGE Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, ETR or OGE?

Entergy has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OGE Energy has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ETR or OGE?

Entergy received 178 more outperform votes than OGE Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.17% of users gave OGE Energy an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Entergy	Outperform Votes 473 50.00%	Underperform Votes 473 50.00%
OGE Energy	Outperform Votes 295 50.17%	Underperform Votes 293 49.83%

Which has better earnings and valuation, ETR or OGE?

Entergy has higher revenue and earnings than OGE Energy. OGE Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Entergy, 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
Entergy	$11.93B	2.97	$2.36B	$3.08	26.75
OGE Energy	$3.14B	2.83	$416.80M	$2.42	18.24

Does the media refer more to ETR or OGE?

In the previous week, Entergy had 30 more articles in the media than OGE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Entergy and 18 mentions for OGE Energy. OGE Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Entergy's score of 1.35 indicating that OGE Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Entergy	32 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
OGE Energy	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts prefer ETR or OGE?

Entergy currently has a consensus target price of $86.04, suggesting a potential upside of 4.41%. OGE Energy has a consensus target price of $46.40, suggesting a potential upside of 5.10%. Given OGE Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe OGE Energy is more favorable than Entergy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Entergy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87
OGE Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

Entergy beats OGE Energy on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.