ETR vs. FE, ES, PPL, EIX, PNW, OGE, SO, DTE, VST, and FTS
Should you be buying Entergy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Entergy include FirstEnergy (FE), Eversource Energy (ES), PPL (PPL), Edison International (EIX), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), Southern (SO), DTE Energy (DTE), Vistra (VST), and Fortis (FTS). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) and Entergy (NYSE:ETR) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, FirstEnergy had 13 more articles in the media than Entergy. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for FirstEnergy and 25 mentions for Entergy. Entergy's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat FirstEnergy's score of 0.31 indicating that FirstEnergy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FirstEnergy pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Entergy pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. FirstEnergy pays out 94.3% 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 45.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstEnergy has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Entergy has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years.
Entergy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FirstEnergy. Entergy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstEnergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FirstEnergy received 156 more outperform votes than Entergy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.46% of users gave FirstEnergy an outperform vote while only 49.04% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote.
89.4% of FirstEnergy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Entergy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of FirstEnergy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Entergy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Entergy has a net margin of 17.75% compared to Entergy's net margin of 8.22%. Entergy's return on equity of 12.45% beat FirstEnergy's return on equity.
FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Entergy has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FirstEnergy currently has a consensus price target of $39.80, indicating a potential upside of 2.98%. Entergy has a consensus price target of $109.45, indicating a potential upside of 2.20%. Given Entergy's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe FirstEnergy is more favorable than Entergy.
Summary
FirstEnergy beats Entergy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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