OGE vs. PNW, IDA, POR, PNM, HE, OTTR, PPL, ETR, FE, and EIX
Should you be buying OGE Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OGE Energy include Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR), PNM Resources (PNM), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), Otter Tail (OTTR), PPL (PPL), Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), and Edison International (EIX). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.
OGE Energy vs.
Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) and OGE Energy (NYSE:OGE) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.
Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. OGE Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 81.0% 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 50.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pinnacle West Capital has raised its dividend for 11 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 longer track record of dividend growth.
OGE Energy has a net margin of 19.72% compared to Pinnacle West Capital's net margin of 11.18%. OGE Energy's return on equity of 15.33% beat Pinnacle West Capital's return on equity.
85.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.8% of OGE Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of OGE Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Pinnacle West Capital had 6 more articles in the media than OGE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital and 1 mentions for OGE Energy. Pinnacle West Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat OGE Energy's score of 0.93 indicating that Pinnacle West Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OGE Energy has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pinnacle West Capital received 88 more outperform votes than OGE Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.05% of users gave OGE Energy an outperform vote while only 43.30% of users gave Pinnacle West Capital an outperform vote.
Pinnacle West Capital currently has a consensus target price of $73.73, indicating a potential downside of 6.78%. OGE Energy has a consensus target price of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.75%. Given OGE Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe OGE Energy is more favorable than Pinnacle West Capital.
OGE Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pinnacle West Capital. OGE Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinnacle West Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
OGE Energy beats Pinnacle West Capital on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding OGE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
OGE Energy Competitors List
