XIFR vs. NWE, TGS, KGS, EE, RNW, USAC, KEN, NNE, NEXT, and CTRI
Should you be buying XPLR Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of XPLR Infrastructure include NorthWestern Energy Group (NWE), Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B (TGS), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), Excelerate Energy (EE), ReNew Energy Global (RNW), USA Compression Partners (USAC), Kenon (KEN), Nano Nuclear Energy (NNE), NextDecade (NEXT), and Centuri (CTRI). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
XPLR Infrastructure vs. Its Competitors
NorthWestern Energy Group (NYSE:NWE) and XPLR Infrastructure (NYSE:XIFR) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
NorthWestern Energy Group has a net margin of 14.81% compared to XPLR Infrastructure's net margin of -12.94%. NorthWestern Energy Group's return on equity of 7.40% beat XPLR Infrastructure's return on equity.
NorthWestern Energy Group has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPLR Infrastructure has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
NorthWestern Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. XPLR Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $3.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 34.1%. NorthWestern Energy Group pays out 71.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. XPLR Infrastructure pays out -213.4% 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. NorthWestern Energy Group has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years. XPLR Infrastructure is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
NorthWestern Energy Group has higher revenue and earnings than XPLR Infrastructure. XPLR Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NorthWestern Energy Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
96.1% of NorthWestern Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.0% of XPLR Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of NorthWestern Energy Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of XPLR Infrastructure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NorthWestern Energy Group presently has a consensus target price of $59.80, indicating a potential upside of 1.36%. XPLR Infrastructure has a consensus target price of $16.18, indicating a potential upside of 50.46%. Given XPLR Infrastructure's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe XPLR Infrastructure is more favorable than NorthWestern Energy Group.
In the previous week, XPLR Infrastructure had 2 more articles in the media than NorthWestern Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for XPLR Infrastructure and 0 mentions for NorthWestern Energy Group. NorthWestern Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat XPLR Infrastructure's score of 0.32 indicating that NorthWestern Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
NorthWestern Energy Group beats XPLR Infrastructure on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:XIFR) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff