XEL vs. DUK, PCG, PEG, EXC, ED, WEC, AEE, LNT, NI, and EVRG
Should you be buying Xcel Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xcel Energy include Duke Energy (DUK), PG&E (PCG), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Exelon (EXC), Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Ameren (AEE), Alliant Energy (LNT), NiSource (NI), and Evergy (EVRG). These companies are all part of the "electric & other services combined" industry.
Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) and Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Duke Energy received 565 more outperform votes than Xcel Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.67% of users gave Duke Energy an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave Xcel Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Duke Energy had 18 more articles in the media than Xcel Energy. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Duke Energy and 13 mentions for Xcel Energy. Duke Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Xcel Energy's score of 0.81 indicating that Xcel Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Duke Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Xcel Energy. Xcel Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Duke Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
65.3% of Duke Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.4% of Xcel Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Duke Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Xcel Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Duke Energy presently has a consensus price target of $102.46, suggesting a potential downside of 1.07%. Xcel Energy has a consensus price target of $63.33, suggesting a potential upside of 14.22%. Given Duke Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Xcel Energy 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%. Xcel Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Duke Energy pays out 103.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Xcel Energy pays out 65.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Duke Energy has raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years and Xcel Energy has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years.
Xcel Energy has a net margin of 13.36% compared to Xcel Energy's net margin of 10.78%. Duke Energy's return on equity of 11.03% beat Xcel Energy's return on equity.
Duke Energy has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xcel Energy has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Duke Energy beats Xcel Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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