PNW vs. ETR, PPL, FE, ES, EIX, OGE, IDA, POR, ALE, and MGEE
Should you be buying Pinnacle West Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pinnacle West Capital include Entergy (ETR), PPL (PPL), FirstEnergy (FE), Eversource Energy (ES), Edison International (EIX), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR), ALLETE (ALE), and MGE Energy (MGEE). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.
Pinnacle West Capital vs. Its Competitors
Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) and Entergy (NYSE:ETR) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Entergy has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Entergy had 17 more articles in the media than Pinnacle West Capital. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Entergy and 9 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital. Pinnacle West Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Entergy's score of 0.58 indicating that Pinnacle West Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Entergy has higher revenue and earnings than Pinnacle West Capital. Pinnacle West Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Entergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pinnacle West Capital has a net margin of 12.26% compared to Entergy's net margin of 8.90%. Entergy's return on equity of 10.68% beat Pinnacle West Capital's return on equity.
Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Entergy pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 71.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Entergy has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Pinnacle West Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Entergy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Entergy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Pinnacle West Capital currently has a consensus target price of $97.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.74%. Entergy has a consensus target price of $86.04, suggesting a potential upside of 4.83%. Given Pinnacle West Capital's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pinnacle West Capital is more favorable than Entergy.
Entergy received 81 more outperform votes than Pinnacle West Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.00% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote while only 41.44% of users gave Pinnacle West Capital an outperform vote.
Summary
Entergy beats Pinnacle West Capital on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:PNW) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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