FE vs. ES, ETR, PPL, EIX, PNW, OGE, SO, DTE, VST, and FTS
Should you be buying FirstEnergy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FirstEnergy include Eversource Energy (ES), Entergy (ETR), 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 Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking and valuation.
FirstEnergy currently has a consensus price target of $39.80, indicating a potential upside of 3.81%. Eversource Energy has a consensus price target of $65.85, indicating a potential upside of 8.62%. Given Eversource Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Eversource Energy is more favorable than FirstEnergy.
In the previous week, FirstEnergy had 16 more articles in the media than Eversource Energy. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for FirstEnergy and 14 mentions for Eversource Energy. Eversource Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat FirstEnergy's score of 0.48 indicating that Eversource Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FirstEnergy received 130 more outperform votes than Eversource Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.41% of users gave FirstEnergy an outperform vote while only 47.52% of users gave Eversource Energy an outperform vote.
FirstEnergy has a net margin of 8.22% compared to Eversource Energy's net margin of -3.71%. FirstEnergy's return on equity of 12.45% beat Eversource Energy's return on equity.
89.4% of FirstEnergy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Eversource Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of FirstEnergy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Eversource Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
FirstEnergy has higher revenue and earnings than Eversource Energy. Eversource Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstEnergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eversource Energy has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FirstEnergy pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Eversource Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. 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. Eversource Energy pays out -227.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eversource Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
FirstEnergy beats Eversource Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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