OGE Energy (OGE) Competitors

Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) and OGE Energy (NYSE:OGE) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability and risk.

Is EVRG or OGE a better dividend stock?

Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. OGE Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Evergy pays out 73.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OGE Energy pays out 68.9% 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. Evergy has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years and OGE Energy has raised its dividend for 18 consecutive years. Evergy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in EVRG or OGE?

87.2% of Evergy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of OGE Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Evergy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of OGE Energy shares are held by 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.

Do analysts prefer EVRG or OGE?

Evergy presently has a consensus target price of $74.44, indicating a potential upside of 2.96%. OGE Energy has a consensus target price of $46.80, indicating a potential upside of 2.76%. Given Evergy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Evergy is more favorable than OGE Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Evergy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.11
OGE Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk and volatility, EVRG or OGE?

Evergy has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OGE Energy has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EVRG or OGE more profitable?

OGE Energy has a net margin of 15.27% compared to Evergy's net margin of 14.29%. OGE Energy's return on equity of 10.60% beat Evergy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Evergy	14.29%	8.62%	2.66%
OGE Energy	15.27%	10.60%	3.55%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, EVRG or OGE?

Evergy has higher revenue and earnings than OGE Energy. OGE Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evergy, 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
Evergy	$5.85B	2.85	$873.50M	$3.64	19.86
OGE Energy	$2.99B	3.07	$441.50M	$2.44	18.67

Does the media favor EVRG or OGE?

In the previous week, Evergy had 5 more articles in the media than OGE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Evergy and 11 mentions for OGE Energy. OGE Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Evergy's score of 1.29 indicating that OGE Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Evergy	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
OGE Energy	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Evergy beats OGE Energy on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.