AEP vs. D, EIX, VST, DTE, ETR, FE, ES, PPL, FTS, and CNP
Should you be buying American Electric Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Electric Power include Dominion Energy (D), Edison International (EIX), Vistra (VST), DTE Energy (DTE), Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), Eversource Energy (ES), PPL (PPL), Fortis (FTS), and CenterPoint Energy (CNP). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) and Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.
American Electric Power has a net margin of 14.60% compared to Dominion Energy's net margin of 11.57%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 11.23% beat Dominion Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Dominion Energy had 23 more articles in the media than American Electric Power. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Dominion Energy and 26 mentions for American Electric Power. Dominion Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat American Electric Power's score of 0.45 indicating that Dominion Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dominion Energy received 498 more outperform votes than American Electric Power when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.07% of users gave American Electric Power an outperform vote while only 52.81% of users gave Dominion Energy an outperform vote.
75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.0% of Dominion Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Dominion Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
American Electric Power has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American Electric Power currently has a consensus target price of $88.14, indicating a potential downside of 1.92%. Dominion Energy has a consensus target price of $50.73, indicating a potential downside of 2.67%. Given American Electric Power's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe American Electric Power is more favorable than Dominion Energy.
American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Dominion Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. American Electric Power pays out 65.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dominion Energy pays out 137.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
American Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than Dominion Energy. American Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dominion Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
American Electric Power beats Dominion Energy on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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