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NYSE:PPL

PPL - PPL Competitors

$27.09
+0.13 (+0.48%)
(As of 03/28/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$26.85
$27.41
50-Day Range
$25.91
$29.71
52-Week Range
$23.47
$31.74
Volume
4.87 million shs
Average Volume
6.30 million shs
Market Capitalization
$19.96 billion
P/E Ratio
26.30
Dividend Yield
3.54%
Price Target
$30.63

PPL vs. ETR, FE, EIX, ES, PNW, OGE, IDA, SO, FTS, and CNP

Should you be buying PPL stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PPL include Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), Edison International (EIX), Eversource Energy (ES), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Southern (SO), Fortis (FTS), and CenterPoint Energy (CNP). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.

PPL vs.

PPL (NYSE:PPL) and Entergy (NYSE:ETR) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

PPL currently has a consensus target price of $30.63, suggesting a potential upside of 13.05%. Entergy has a consensus target price of $122.07, suggesting a potential upside of 16.17%. Given Entergy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Entergy is more favorable than PPL.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PPL
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
Entergy
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

PPL received 141 more outperform votes than Entergy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.60% of users gave PPL an outperform vote while only 49.94% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PPLOutperform Votes
563
61.60%
Underperform Votes
351
38.40%
EntergyOutperform Votes
422
49.94%
Underperform Votes
423
50.06%

PPL has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Entergy has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Entergy has higher revenue and earnings than PPL. Entergy 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
PPL$7.90 billion2.53$756 million$1.0326.30
Entergy$13.76 billion1.61$1.10 billion$5.3919.50

70.0% of PPL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Entergy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of PPL shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Entergy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Entergy had 11 more articles in the media than PPL. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Entergy and 4 mentions for PPL. Entergy's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat PPL's score of 0.16 indicating that Entergy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PPL
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Entergy
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

PPL has a net margin of 9.57% compared to Entergy's net margin of 8.01%. Entergy's return on equity of 10.88% beat PPL's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PPL 9.57% 7.50% 2.84%
Entergy 8.01% 10.88% 2.24%

PPL pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Entergy pays an annual dividend of $4.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. PPL pays out 93.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Entergy pays out 79.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Entergy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Entergy beats PPL on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PPL 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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PPL vs. The Competition

MetricPPLElectric services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$19.96B$12.22B$13.22B$14.22B
Dividend Yield3.58%4.09%3.75%3.93%
P/E Ratio26.3019.66105.5521.35
Price / Sales2.5311.481,099.3249.17
Price / Cash8.678.3550.0516.29
Price / Book1.431.361.876.76
Net Income$756M$261.15M$355.97M$871.56M
7 Day Performance1.16%2.41%0.99%-0.33%
1 Month Performance0.07%0.52%-0.97%-6.31%
1 Year Performance-2.45%-4.83%-7.14%-14.00%

PPL Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ETR
Entergy
2.6583 of 5 stars
$100.43
-2.6%
$122.47
+21.9%
-8.9%$21.23B$13.76B18.6311,707Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
FE
FirstEnergy
2.3928 of 5 stars
$38.36
-2.6%
$43.89
+14.4%
-14.3%$21.95B$12.46B54.0312,335Dividend Announcement
Analyst Report
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
EIX
Edison International
2.7338 of 5 stars
$66.31
-2.2%
$69.64
+5.0%
-0.7%$25.37B$17.22B41.4413,388Short Interest ↑
ES
Eversource Energy
3.0217 of 5 stars
$73.52
-1.9%
$89.00
+21.1%
-12.5%$25.62B$12.29B18.209,626Short Interest ↑
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
2.0047 of 5 stars
$75.34
-2.7%
$74.18
-1.5%
+1.1%$8.53B$4.32B17.645,861Positive News
OGE
OGE Energy
2.5142 of 5 stars
$35.14
-2.5%
$38.71
+10.2%
-9.1%$7.04B$3.38B10.622,237Analyst Downgrade
IDA
IDACORP
2.1829 of 5 stars
$102.61
-2.3%
$110.00
+7.2%
-6.7%$5.19B$1.64B20.082,070
SO
Southern
2.4069 of 5 stars
$66.71
-0.6%
$71.93
+7.8%
-3.7%$72.64B$29.28B20.3427,700Analyst Revision
Positive News
FTS
Fortis
2.3314 of 5 stars
$40.38
-1.1%
$57.86
+43.3%
-13.5%$19.47B$8.49B18.969,200Short Interest ↓
CNP
CenterPoint Energy
2.5665 of 5 stars
$27.65
-2.1%
$32.78
+18.5%
-5.6%$17.45B$9.32B17.398,986Positive News
This page (NYSE:PPL) was last updated on 3/29/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff