DUK vs. EXC, PCG, PEG, ED, XEL, WEC, AEE, SO, NGG, and AEP
Should you be buying Duke Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Duke Energy include Exelon (EXC), PG&E (PCG), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), Xcel Energy (XEL), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Ameren (AEE), Southern (SO), National Grid (NGG), and American Electric Power (AEP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) and Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Duke Energy presently has a consensus price target of $101.31, suggesting a potential downside of 0.89%. Exelon has a consensus price target of $38.83, suggesting a potential upside of 2.92%. Given Exelon's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Exelon is more favorable than Duke Energy.
Duke Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Exelon pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Duke Energy pays out 115.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Exelon pays out 65.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exelon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Duke Energy received 536 more outperform votes than Exelon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.64% of users gave Duke Energy an outperform vote while only 45.52% of users gave Exelon an outperform vote.
Duke Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Exelon. Exelon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Duke Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Duke Energy has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exelon has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Exelon has a net margin of 10.44% compared to Duke Energy's net margin of 9.78%. Exelon's return on equity of 9.27% beat Duke Energy's return on equity.
65.3% of Duke Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Exelon shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Duke Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Exelon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Exelon had 9 more articles in the media than Duke Energy. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Exelon and 35 mentions for Duke Energy. Duke Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Exelon's score of 0.31 indicating that Duke Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Duke Energy beats Exelon on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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