PNW vs. EVRG, LNT, AEE, CMS, DTE, DUK, NI, 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), NiSource (NI), 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
Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) and Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
In the previous week, Evergy had 8 more articles in the media than Pinnacle West Capital. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Evergy and 7 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital. Evergy's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Pinnacle West Capital's score of 0.01 indicating that Evergy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Evergy presently has a consensus target price of $74.44, suggesting a potential downside of 4.05%. Pinnacle West Capital has a consensus target price of $95.91, suggesting a potential upside of 5.74%. Given Pinnacle West Capital's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pinnacle West Capital is more favorable than Evergy.
Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Evergy pays out 73.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 73.8% 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.
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.
87.2% of Evergy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Evergy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Evergy has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Evergy beats Pinnacle West Capital on 16 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:PNW) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
