OGE vs. EIX, ETR, FE, ES, PPL, PNW, IDA, POR, OTTR, and ALE
Should you be buying OGE Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OGE Energy include Edison International (EIX), Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), Eversource Energy (ES), PPL (PPL), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR), Otter Tail (OTTR), and ALLETE (ALE). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.
Edison International (NYSE:EIX) and OGE Energy (NYSE:OGE) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. OGE Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Edison International pays out 136.8% 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 84.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Edison International has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and OGE Energy has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years. OGE Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Edison International received 458 more outperform votes than OGE Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.18% of users gave Edison International an outperform vote while only 50.78% of users gave OGE Energy an outperform vote.
Edison International has higher revenue and earnings than OGE Energy. OGE Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Edison International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
OGE Energy has a net margin of 14.63% compared to OGE Energy's net margin of 6.14%. OGE Energy's return on equity of 12.48% beat Edison International's return on equity.
Edison International has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OGE Energy has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Edison International had 15 more articles in the media than OGE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Edison International and 13 mentions for OGE Energy. Edison International's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat OGE Energy's score of 0.63 indicating that OGE Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Edison International presently has a consensus target price of $77.91, suggesting a potential downside of 0.87%. OGE Energy has a consensus target price of $33.60, suggesting a potential downside of 12.13%. Given OGE Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Edison International is more favorable than OGE Energy.
89.0% of Edison International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of OGE Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Edison International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of OGE Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Edison International beats OGE Energy on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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