AES vs. LNT, NI, EVRG, AGR, SBS, VIV, WTRG, NRG, EBR, and PNW
Should you be buying AES stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AES include Alliant Energy (LNT), NiSource (NI), Evergy (EVRG), Avangrid (AGR), Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS), Telefônica Brasil (VIV), Essential Utilities (WTRG), NRG Energy (NRG), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), and Pinnacle West Capital (PNW). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
AES (NYSE:AES) and Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
AES pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. AES pays out 209.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alliant Energy pays out 69.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliant Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
AES has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
93.1% of AES shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of AES shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, AES had 5 more articles in the media than Alliant Energy. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for AES and 12 mentions for Alliant Energy. Alliant Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat AES's score of 0.59 indicating that Alliant Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AES received 362 more outperform votes than Alliant Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.84% of users gave AES an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Alliant Energy an outperform vote.
Alliant Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AES. Alliant Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AES, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AES presently has a consensus target price of $22.13, suggesting a potential upside of 17.75%. Alliant Energy has a consensus target price of $50.71, suggesting a potential upside of 0.25%. Given AES's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe AES is more favorable than Alliant Energy.
Alliant Energy has a net margin of 17.46% compared to AES's net margin of 2.12%. AES's return on equity of 38.76% beat Alliant Energy's return on equity.
Summary
AES beats Alliant Energy on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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