XIFR vs. NWE, KGS, TAC, RNW, ENLT, CTRI, KEN, CEPU, EDN, and NNE
Should you be buying XPLR Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of XPLR Infrastructure include Northwestern Energy Group (NWE), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), TransAlta (TAC), ReNew Energy Global (RNW), Enlight Renewable Energy (ENLT), Centuri (CTRI), Kenon (KEN), Central Puerto (CEPU), Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (EDN), and Nano Nuclear Energy (NNE). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
XPLR Infrastructure vs. Its Competitors
Northwestern Energy Group (NASDAQ:NWE) and XPLR Infrastructure (NYSE:XIFR) are both transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Northwestern Energy Group currently has a consensus price target of $56.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.30%. XPLR Infrastructure has a consensus price target of $17.64, indicating a potential upside of 99.35%. Given XPLR Infrastructure's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe XPLR Infrastructure is more favorable than Northwestern Energy Group.
XPLR Infrastructure received 390 more outperform votes than Northwestern Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.95% of users gave XPLR Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Northwestern Energy Group an outperform vote.
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.
Northwestern Energy Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to XPLR Infrastructure's net margin of -0.73%. XPLR Infrastructure's return on equity of 1.34% beat Northwestern Energy Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, XPLR Infrastructure had 1 more articles in the media than Northwestern Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for XPLR Infrastructure and 0 mentions for Northwestern Energy Group. XPLR Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Northwestern Energy Group's score of 0.00 indicating that XPLR Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Northwestern Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. XPLR Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $3.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 41.5%. Northwestern Energy Group pays out 68.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. XPLR Infrastructure pays out -193.2% 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 a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPLR Infrastructure has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
XPLR Infrastructure beats Northwestern Energy Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:XIFR) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
