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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
