VST vs. ETR, FE, ES, PPL, FTS, EBR, CNP, EIX, NRG, and AGR
Should you be buying Vistra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vistra include Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), Eversource Energy (ES), PPL (PPL), Fortis (FTS), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Edison International (EIX), NRG Energy (NRG), and Avangrid (AGR). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Vistra (NYSE:VST) 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 institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
90.9% of Vistra shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Entergy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Vistra shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Entergy shares are held 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, Vistra had 5 more articles in the media than Entergy. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Vistra and 11 mentions for Entergy. Entergy's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Vistra's score of 0.51 indicating that Entergy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vistra has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Entergy has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vistra presently has a consensus target price of $61.75, indicating a potential downside of 9.64%. Entergy has a consensus target price of $111.09, indicating a potential upside of 5.92%. Given Entergy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Entergy is more favorable than Vistra.
Entergy has a net margin of 19.41% compared to Vistra's net margin of 10.10%. Vistra's return on equity of 20.05% beat Entergy's return on equity.
Vistra pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Entergy pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Vistra pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Entergy pays out 40.8% 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.
Entergy received 149 more outperform votes than Vistra when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.05% of users gave Vistra an outperform vote while only 49.09% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote.
Entergy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vistra. Entergy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vistra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Vistra and Entergy tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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