OGE vs. EVRG, LNT, AEE, CMS, DUK, IDA, NI, POR, PPL, and WEC
Should you be buying OGE Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OGE Energy include Evergy (EVRG), Alliant Energy (LNT), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), Duke Energy (DUK), IDACORP (IDA), NiSource (NI), Portland General Electric (POR), PPL (PPL), and WEC Energy Group (WEC). These companies are all part of the "util - elec pwr" industry.
OGE Energy vs. Its Competitors
Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) and OGE Energy (NYSE:OGE) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.
Evergy has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OGE Energy has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of OGE Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Evergy had 16 more articles in the media than OGE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Evergy and 3 mentions for OGE Energy. OGE Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Evergy's score of 0.87 indicating that OGE Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. OGE Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Evergy pays out 70.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OGE Energy pays out 69.4% 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 increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years and OGE Energy has increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years. Evergy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
OGE Energy has a net margin of 15.48% compared to Evergy's net margin of 14.87%. OGE Energy's return on equity of 10.58% beat Evergy's return on equity.
Evergy currently has a consensus price target of $73.19, suggesting a potential upside of 6.13%. OGE Energy has a consensus price target of $46.80, suggesting a potential upside of 5.67%. Given Evergy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Evergy is more favorable than OGE Energy.
Evergy has higher revenue and earnings than OGE Energy. Evergy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OGE Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Evergy beats OGE Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:OGE) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
