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PPL vs. LNT, AEE, CMS, DTE, DUK, ED, ETR, NI, OGE, and SO

Should you be buying PPL stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PPL include Alliant Energy (LNT), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), DTE Energy (DTE), Duke Energy (DUK), Consolidated Edison (ED), Entergy (ETR), NiSource (NI), OGE Energy (OGE), and Southern (SO). These companies are all part of the "util - elec pwr" industry.

PPL vs. Its Competitors

Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) and PPL (NYSE:PPL) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Alliant Energy currently has a consensus price target of $67.22, suggesting a potential downside of 1.88%. PPL has a consensus price target of $38.20, suggesting a potential upside of 0.70%. Given PPL's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PPL is more favorable than Alliant Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alliant Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
PPL
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91

Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. PPL pays an annual dividend of $1.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Alliant Energy pays out 62.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PPL pays out 81.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alliant Energy has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years and PPL has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Alliant Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of PPL shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of PPL shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Alliant Energy has a net margin of 20.07% compared to PPL's net margin of 11.22%. Alliant Energy's return on equity of 12.25% beat PPL's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alliant Energy20.07% 12.25% 3.75%
PPL 11.22%8.81%3.02%

In the previous week, PPL had 7 more articles in the media than Alliant Energy. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for PPL and 12 mentions for Alliant Energy. Alliant Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat PPL's score of 0.46 indicating that Alliant Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alliant Energy
7 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PPL
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

PPL has higher revenue and earnings than Alliant Energy. Alliant Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PPL, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alliant Energy$3.98B4.42$690M$3.2421.14
PPL$8.46B3.32$888M$1.3428.31

Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PPL has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Alliant Energy beats PPL on 11 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

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PPL vs. The Competition

MetricPPLUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$28.05B$26.55B$16.83B$21.89B
Dividend Yield2.91%3.51%4.66%3.64%
P/E Ratio28.3019.7357.9630.17
Price / Sales3.324.3833.6566.00
Price / Cash10.609.2919.2223.91
Price / Book1.992.432.304.70
Net Income$888M$1.43B$748.50M$1.01B
7 Day Performance1.76%2.00%0.79%-0.55%
1 Month Performance5.40%6.59%8.53%1.31%
1 Year Performance17.25%18.14%70.69%14.72%

PPL Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PPL
PPL
3.7335 of 5 stars
$37.96
+0.3%
$38.20
+0.6%
+18.0%$28.06B$8.46B28.326,653Analyst Forecast
LNT
Alliant Energy
3.9778 of 5 stars
$68.12
+2.0%
$66.00
-3.1%
+13.2%$17.50B$3.98B21.022,998Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AEE
Ameren
3.9753 of 5 stars
$104.83
+1.1%
$105.75
+0.9%
+19.5%$28.35B$7.62B23.048,981Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
CMS
CMS Energy
4.2333 of 5 stars
$73.19
+1.2%
$77.36
+5.7%
+6.4%$21.91B$8.02B21.658,324News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DTE
DTE Energy
4.4468 of 5 stars
$141.84
+1.3%
$144.00
+1.5%
+12.8%$29.44B$14.20B20.419,500Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DUK
Duke Energy
4.3976 of 5 stars
$124.38
+0.7%
$132.25
+6.3%
+11.0%$96.72B$30.36B20.2226,413Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.2161 of 5 stars
$99.28
+0.5%
$105.91
+6.7%
-1.1%$35.81B$16.15B18.0215,097Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ETR
Entergy
4.4622 of 5 stars
$97.46
+2.2%
$92.20
-5.4%
+46.5%$43.51B$11.88B24.2712,267Analyst Forecast
NI
NiSource
4.4473 of 5 stars
$44.18
+0.8%
$44.38
+0.4%
+25.5%$20.80B$5.46B23.507,746
OGE
OGE Energy
3.8402 of 5 stars
$46.14
+0.5%
$47.00
+1.9%
+16.0%$9.29B$2.99B18.912,291
SO
Southern
4.2831 of 5 stars
$95.46
+1.0%
$95.08
-0.4%
+11.1%$105.01B$28.36B24.5428,600Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:PPL) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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