Entergy vs NRG Energy
ETR and NRG side by side, both in electric services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ETR and NRG compare
Entergy is the larger company, worth 2.5 times as much as NRG Energy ($51.9B against $20.4B).
On earnings, NRG Energy is cheaper: it trades at 17.1× trailing earnings, against 28.5× for Entergy.
NRG Energy grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (17.4% versus 9.5% for Entergy).
Both pay dividends: Entergy yields 1.7% and NRG Energy 1.5%.
NRG Energy scores higher on the StockData Score (7 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.
| Metric | ETR | NRG |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $51.9B | $20.4B |
| Share price | $111.15 | $97.10 |
| Change, 1 year | 15.1% | −42.5% |
| Change, 5 years | 110% | 168% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.42 | 1.11 |
| Employees | 12K | 17K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 5 | 7 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Health score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 28.5× | 17.1× (better) |
| P/S | 3.8× | 0.6× (better) |
| P/B | 2.8× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.2× | 9.6× (better) |
| P/FCF | – | 29.6× |
| PEG | 2.12 | – |
| FCF yield | −5.7% | 3.4% (better) |
| Fair value | $77.51 | $105.80 |
| Margin of safety | −43.4% | 8.2% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.5% | 17.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 5.1% | 27.6% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −12.7% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −3.0% (better) | −15.0% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 2.5% | 14.1% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 20.2% |
| Operating margin | 22.9% (better) | 7.7% |
| Net margin | – | 3.6% |
| FCF margin | −22.0% | 2.0% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 5.2% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.90 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.65 | 5.06 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 2.1× | 2.4× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.91 | 0.99 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.03 | 1.53 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.7% (better) | 1.5% |
| Years of dividend growth | 11 (better) | 6 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 5.5% | 8.0% (better) |
| Buyback yield | −2.6% | 6.5% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | −0.87% | 8.0% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 98.0% | 94.5% |
| Held by insiders | 0.23% | 4.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$10.4M (better) | −$5.3B |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.6% | 2.9% |
Go deeper
- ETR stock overview
- ETR income statement
- ETR valuation and score
- NRG stock overview
- NRG income statement
- NRG valuation and score
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