Genie Energy (GNE) Competitors

Genie Energy (NYSE:GNE) and NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GNE or NRG?

NRG Energy received 493 more outperform votes than Genie Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.02% of users gave NRG Energy an outperform vote while only 57.10% of users gave Genie Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Genie Energy	Outperform Votes 185 57.10%	Underperform Votes 139 42.90%
NRG Energy	Outperform Votes 678 66.02%	Underperform Votes 349 33.98%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GNE or NRG?

49.2% of Genie Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of NRG Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 16.5% of Genie Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of NRG Energy 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, GNE or NRG?

Genie Energy has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NRG Energy has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GNE or NRG more profitable?

NRG Energy has a net margin of 5.76% compared to Genie Energy's net margin of 2.99%. NRG Energy's return on equity of 42.60% beat Genie Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genie Energy	2.99%	24.06%	14.64%
NRG Energy	5.76%	42.60%	4.11%

Does the media favor GNE or NRG?

In the previous week, NRG Energy had 13 more articles in the media than Genie Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for NRG Energy and 0 mentions for Genie Energy. NRG Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Genie Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that NRG Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Genie Energy	Neutral
NRG Energy	Positive

Do analysts rate GNE or NRG?

NRG Energy has a consensus price target of $68.00, suggesting a potential downside of 16.05%. Given NRG Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NRG Energy is more favorable than Genie Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Genie Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
NRG Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Is GNE or NRG a better dividend stock?

Genie Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. NRG Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Genie Energy pays out 60.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NRG Energy pays out 23.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. NRG Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better earnings and valuation, GNE or NRG?

Genie Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NRG Energy. NRG Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genie Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Genie Energy	$443.12M	0.93	$19.54M	$0.50	30.52
NRG Energy	$28.82B	0.59	-$202M	$7.06	11.47

Summary

NRG Energy beats Genie Energy on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.