NEP vs. PNW, BEP, OGE, BEPC, CIG, CWEN, IDA, ORA, POR, and AQN
Should you be buying NextEra Energy Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NextEra Energy Partners include Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), OGE Energy (OGE), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), CEMIG (CIG), Clearway Energy (CWEN), IDACORP (IDA), Ormat Technologies (ORA), Portland General Electric (POR), and Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
NextEra Energy Partners (NYSE:NEP) and Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
NextEra Energy Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. NextEra Energy Partners pays out 117.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 76.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
66.0% of NextEra Energy Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of NextEra Energy Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital 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.
Pinnacle West Capital received 2 more outperform votes than NextEra Energy Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.03% of users gave NextEra Energy Partners an outperform vote while only 42.08% of users gave Pinnacle West Capital an outperform vote.
In the previous week, NextEra Energy Partners had 8 more articles in the media than Pinnacle West Capital. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for NextEra Energy Partners and 5 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital. NextEra Energy Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Pinnacle West Capital's score of 0.93 indicating that NextEra Energy Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NextEra Energy Partners presently has a consensus price target of $39.29, suggesting a potential upside of 16.54%. Pinnacle West Capital has a consensus price target of $74.58, suggesting a potential downside of 5.42%. Given NextEra Energy Partners' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NextEra Energy Partners is more favorable than Pinnacle West Capital.
NextEra Energy Partners has a net margin of 23.55% compared to Pinnacle West Capital's net margin of 11.09%. Pinnacle West Capital's return on equity of 8.29% beat NextEra Energy Partners' return on equity.
NextEra Energy Partners has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pinnacle West Capital has higher revenue and earnings than NextEra Energy Partners. NextEra Energy Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinnacle West Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Pinnacle West Capital beats NextEra Energy Partners on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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