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$90.94 -0.92 (-1.00%)
Closing price 07/25/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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PNW vs. EVRG, LNT, AEE, CMS, DUK, NI, OGE, PPL, 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), Duke Energy (DUK), NiSource (NI), OGE Energy (OGE), PPL (PPL), 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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

In the previous week, Evergy had 11 more articles in the media than Pinnacle West Capital. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Evergy and 8 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital. Pinnacle West Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Evergy's score of 1.02 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
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Evergy
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evergy has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Evergy has a net margin of 14.87% compared to Pinnacle West Capital's net margin of 11.28%. Evergy's return on equity of 8.84% beat Pinnacle West Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pinnacle West Capital11.28% 8.78% 2.23%
Evergy 14.87%8.84%2.73%

Pinnacle West Capital currently has a consensus target price of $96.78, suggesting a potential upside of 6.42%. Evergy has a consensus target price of $74.06, suggesting a potential upside of 6.11%. Given Pinnacle West Capital's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pinnacle West Capital is more favorable than Evergy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pinnacle West Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30
Evergy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11

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$5.12B2.12$608.81M$5.0318.08
Evergy$5.89B2.73$873.50M$3.8018.37

91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of Evergy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Evergy shares are owned 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.

Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 71.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Evergy pays out 70.3% 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 raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years.

Summary

Evergy beats Pinnacle West Capital on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PNW and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$10.97B$24.97B$16.14B$21.10B
Dividend Yield3.90%3.70%5.31%3.59%
P/E Ratio18.0834.8620.3628.44
Price / Sales2.124.23207.9458.59
Price / Cash5.258.9219.0922.92
Price / Book1.512.262.164.69
Net Income$608.81M$1.43B$751.46M$995.51M
7 Day Performance-1.67%1.95%0.90%1.65%
1 Month Performance2.22%3.29%22.52%4.54%
1 Year Performance7.35%19.16%174.89%9.99%

Pinnacle West Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
3.6802 of 5 stars
$90.94
-1.0%
$96.78
+6.4%
+8.8%$10.97B$5.12B18.086,403Positive News
EVRG
Evergy
3.483 of 5 stars
$68.50
-0.7%
$73.19
+6.8%
+23.9%$15.76B$5.85B18.034,731Positive News
Analyst Revision
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.1559 of 5 stars
$62.59
+0.8%
$64.23
+2.6%
+16.3%$16.08B$3.98B21.582,998Positive News
Dividend Announcement
AEE
Ameren
4.2229 of 5 stars
$96.55
+0.4%
$101.27
+4.9%
+29.1%$26.10B$7.62B21.418,981Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
CMS
CMS Energy
3.9842 of 5 stars
$70.59
+0.3%
$77.00
+9.1%
+15.2%$21.11B$7.79B20.958,324Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
DUK
Duke Energy
4.4829 of 5 stars
$117.96
+0.4%
$126.88
+7.6%
+11.5%$91.69B$30.36B19.5626,413Trending News
Analyst Revision
NI
NiSource
4.0404 of 5 stars
$39.95
+0.9%
$41.50
+3.9%
+35.8%$18.80B$5.46B21.597,746Positive News
OGE
OGE Energy
3.8885 of 5 stars
$44.51
+0.5%
$46.80
+5.1%
+18.0%$8.96B$2.99B18.392,291News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PPL
PPL
2.5904 of 5 stars
$34.76
+1.4%
$36.70
+5.6%
+25.2%$25.69B$8.46B25.746,653Upcoming Earnings
SO
Southern
4.2707 of 5 stars
$92.74
+0.1%
$92.93
+0.2%
+16.9%$101.93B$27.85B22.1328,600Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
WEC
WEC Energy Group
4.5672 of 5 stars
$105.84
+0.3%
$106.40
+0.5%
+31.5%$33.78B$8.60B20.637,017Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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