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$93.15 +0.15 (+0.17%)
Closing price 10/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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PNW vs. EVRG, LNT, AEE, CMS, DTE, DUK, ED, OGE, SO, and WEC

Should you be buying Pinnacle West Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pinnacle West Capital include Evergy (EVRG), Alliant Energy (LNT), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), DTE Energy (DTE), Duke Energy (DUK), Consolidated Edison (ED), OGE Energy (OGE), Southern (SO), and WEC Energy Group (WEC). These companies are all part of the "util - elec pwr" industry.

Pinnacle West Capital vs. Its Competitors

Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) and Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.

Evergy has a net margin of 14.29% compared to Pinnacle West Capital's net margin of 10.96%. Evergy's return on equity of 8.62% beat Pinnacle West Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pinnacle West Capital10.96% 8.45% 2.12%
Evergy 14.29%8.62%2.66%

Pinnacle West Capital currently has a consensus price target of $96.42, suggesting a potential upside of 3.50%. Evergy has a consensus price target of $78.07, suggesting a potential upside of 0.12%. Given Pinnacle West Capital's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pinnacle West Capital is more favorable than Evergy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pinnacle West Capital
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.27
Evergy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11

91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of Evergy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Evergy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evergy has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Pinnacle West Capital had 3 more articles in the media than Evergy. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital and 14 mentions for Evergy. Pinnacle West Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Evergy's score of 1.19 indicating that Pinnacle West Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pinnacle West Capital
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Evergy
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Evergy has higher revenue and earnings than Pinnacle West Capital. Pinnacle West Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pinnacle West Capital$5.26B2.12$608.81M$4.8519.21
Evergy$5.85B3.07$873.50M$3.6421.42

Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 73.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Evergy pays out 73.4% 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.

Summary

Evergy beats Pinnacle West Capital on 14 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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PNW vs. The Competition

MetricPinnacle West CapitalUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.11B$26.54B$16.96B$21.77B
Dividend Yield3.82%3.45%4.59%3.62%
P/E Ratio19.2119.7258.1532.40
Price / Sales2.124.4132.3458.86
Price / Cash5.319.4219.3324.37
Price / Book1.542.412.294.59
Net Income$608.81M$1.43B$748.50M$1.01B
7 Day Performance0.90%3.20%1.33%1.32%
1 Month Performance8.48%6.53%8.86%-1.45%
1 Year Performance5.95%17.08%55.03%9.57%

Pinnacle West Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
4.1284 of 5 stars
$93.15
+0.2%
$96.42
+3.5%
+7.0%$11.11B$5.26B19.216,403Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EVRG
Evergy
3.1753 of 5 stars
$77.49
+0.0%
$76.94
-0.7%
+28.3%$17.83B$5.88B21.294,731Positive News
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.0539 of 5 stars
$67.66
-0.1%
$66.78
-1.3%
+9.8%$17.39B$4.14B20.882,998News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
AEE
Ameren
4.2152 of 5 stars
$103.55
-0.1%
$105.75
+2.1%
+19.4%$28.00B$8.43B22.768,981Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
CMS
CMS Energy
4.3578 of 5 stars
$73.51
-0.8%
$77.36
+5.2%
+5.2%$22.00B$7.52B21.758,324Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DTE
DTE Energy
4.6931 of 5 stars
$140.12
-0.2%
$145.25
+3.7%
+10.5%$29.09B$12.46B20.169,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DUK
Duke Energy
4.3777 of 5 stars
$126.11
-0.7%
$134.08
+6.3%
+6.6%$98.06B$31.27B20.5026,413Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.1064 of 5 stars
$100.85
-1.5%
$105.75
+4.9%
-4.3%$36.37B$15.26B18.3015,097Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
OGE
OGE Energy
4.035 of 5 stars
$45.94
+0.3%
$47.00
+2.3%
+14.5%$9.25B$3.22B18.832,291News Coverage
Positive News
SO
Southern
4.0347 of 5 stars
$98.15
-0.1%
$96.31
-1.9%
+5.5%$107.97B$26.72B25.2328,600Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
WEC
WEC Energy Group
4.3013 of 5 stars
$115.02
-0.1%
$112.20
-2.5%
+17.9%$37.02B$9.31B22.037,017Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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