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Eversource Energy vs Entergy

ES and ETR side by side, both in electric services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How ES and ETR compare

Entergy is the larger company, worth 2.0 times as much as Eversource Energy ($52.3B against $26.6B).

On earnings, Eversource Energy is cheaper: it trades at 18.3× trailing earnings, against 28.7× for Entergy.

Entergy grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (9.5% versus 7.8% for Eversource Energy).

Both pay dividends: Eversource Energy yields 4.4% and Entergy 2.3%.

Eversource Energy scores higher on the StockData Score (9 against 5 for Entergy), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricESETR
Size and price
Market cap$26.6B$52.3B
Share price$70.54$111.99
Change, 1 year−2.7%15.3%
Change, 5 years−15.9%111%
Beta (5Y)0.390.42
Employees11K12K
StockData Score
Total score9 (better)5
Valuation score5 (better)0
Growth score02 (better)
Performance score00
Health score01 (better)
Dividend score4 (better)2
Valuation
P/E18.3× (better)28.7×
P/S1.9× (better)3.9×
P/B1.6× (better)2.9×
EV/EBITDA10.2× (better)15.2×
P/FCF89.2×–
PEG4.532.14 (better)
FCF yield1.1% (better)−5.7%
Fair value$80.57$77.67
Margin of safety12.5% (better)−44.2%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)7.8%9.5% (better)
Revenue growth, 5Y average8.8% (better)5.1%
EPS growth (TTM)65.7% (better)−3.0%
EPS growth, 5Y average5.1% (better)2.5%
Profitability
Operating margin21.5%22.9% (better)
FCF margin2.1% (better)−22.0%
Return on invested capital5.5% (better)5.2%
Financial health
Debt / equity1.78 (better)1.90
Net debt / EBITDA5.16 (better)5.65
Interest coverage2.2× (better)2.1×
Current ratio0.800.91 (better)
Altman Z-score0.791.03 (better)
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield4.4% (better)2.3%
Years of dividend growth1111
Dividend growth, 5Y average5.8% (better)5.5%
Buyback yield–−2.6%
Shareholder yield4.4% (better)−0.29%
Ownership
Held by institutions86.1%98.0%
Held by insiders0.09%0.23%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$3.3M (better)−$10.4M
Short interest, % of float2.8%3.6%

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