OGE vs. ETR, FE, PPL, ES, PNW, IDA, POR, OTTR, ALE, and PNM
Should you be buying OGE Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OGE Energy include Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), PPL (PPL), Eversource Energy (ES), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR), Otter Tail (OTTR), ALLETE (ALE), and PNM Resources (PNM). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.
OGE Energy (NYSE:OGE) and Entergy (NYSE:ETR) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
Entergy received 144 more outperform votes than OGE Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.87% of users gave OGE Energy an outperform vote while only 49.10% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote.
71.8% of OGE Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Entergy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of OGE Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Entergy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Entergy has a net margin of 17.75% compared to OGE Energy's net margin of 14.63%. Entergy's return on equity of 10.20% beat OGE Energy's return on equity.
OGE Energy presently has a consensus price target of $33.40, suggesting a potential downside of 7.99%. Entergy has a consensus price target of $112.09, suggesting a potential downside of 0.35%. Given Entergy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Entergy is more favorable than OGE Energy.
OGE Energy has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Entergy has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
OGE Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Entergy pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. OGE Energy pays out 84.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Entergy pays out 45.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Entergy had 8 more articles in the media than OGE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Entergy and 7 mentions for OGE Energy. Entergy's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat OGE Energy's score of 0.57 indicating that Entergy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Entergy has higher revenue and earnings than OGE Energy. Entergy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OGE Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Entergy beats OGE Energy on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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