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

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

PPL vs. Its Competitors

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

75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of PPL shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of PPL shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

American Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than PPL. American Electric Power 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
American Electric Power$19.72B2.80$2.97B$5.1919.92
PPL$8.46B2.95$888M$1.3525.01

American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. PPL pays an annual dividend of $1.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. American Electric Power pays out 71.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PPL pays out 80.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Electric Power has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and PPL has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. American Electric Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

American Electric Power has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PPL has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

American Electric Power presently has a consensus price target of $108.31, indicating a potential upside of 4.74%. PPL has a consensus price target of $36.70, indicating a potential upside of 8.71%. Given PPL's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PPL is more favorable than American Electric Power.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Electric Power
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.31
PPL
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90

American Electric Power has a net margin of 13.73% compared to PPL's net margin of 11.49%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 11.68% beat PPL's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Electric Power13.73% 11.68% 3.08%
PPL 11.49%9.14%3.17%

In the previous week, American Electric Power had 15 more articles in the media than PPL. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for American Electric Power and 10 mentions for PPL. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat PPL's score of 1.05 indicating that American Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Electric Power
19 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PPL
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

American Electric Power and PPL tied by winning 10 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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PPL vs. The Competition

MetricPPLUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$24.99B$24.02B$15.83B$20.71B
Dividend Yield3.22%3.71%5.58%3.71%
P/E Ratio25.0135.6120.4528.08
Price / Sales2.954.0628.5938.44
Price / Cash9.578.9219.1422.53
Price / Book1.772.232.164.58
Net Income$888M$1.41B$751.09M$985.54M
7 Day Performance0.58%1.89%1.18%2.79%
1 Month Performance-0.81%3.17%3.03%4.37%
1 Year Performance23.17%23.81%16.55%15.08%

PPL Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PPL
PPL
3.7023 of 5 stars
$33.76
+0.7%
$36.70
+8.7%
+23.2%$24.99B$8.46B25.016,653News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AEP
American Electric Power
4.6075 of 5 stars
$103.76
+1.3%
$108.31
+4.4%
+17.7%$55.43B$19.72B19.9917,000Positive News
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.2753 of 5 stars
$60.47
+0.2%
$63.95
+5.8%
+19.6%$15.53B$3.98B20.852,998Positive News
AEE
Ameren
4.1058 of 5 stars
$95.96
+0.7%
$101.64
+5.9%
+34.6%$25.94B$7.62B21.289,240Positive News
CMS
CMS Energy
4.3401 of 5 stars
$69.29
+0.4%
$77.00
+11.1%
+19.5%$20.73B$7.52B20.569,070News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
DTE
DTE Energy
4.6074 of 5 stars
$132.54
+0.7%
$140.93
+6.3%
+18.9%$27.50B$12.46B17.9110,200Positive News
DUK
Duke Energy
4.4732 of 5 stars
$118.02
+0.9%
$126.94
+7.6%
+16.9%$91.73B$30.36B19.5727,900Analyst Forecast
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.6012 of 5 stars
$100.40
+2.3%
$105.27
+4.9%
+12.1%$36.17B$15.26B18.5614,300Positive News
ETR
Entergy
4.3421 of 5 stars
$83.10
+0.8%
$86.25
+3.8%
+55.9%$35.80B$11.93B26.9811,700Positive News
NI
NiSource
4.5498 of 5 stars
$40.36
+1.0%
$41.50
+2.8%
+38.3%$19.00B$5.93B21.827,746Positive News
OGE
OGE Energy
3.9991 of 5 stars
$44.35
+0.7%
$46.80
+5.5%
+25.6%$8.93B$2.99B18.332,291Positive News

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