Entergy vs PPL
ETR and PPL 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 PPL compare
Entergy is the larger company, worth 2.0 times as much as PPL ($52.3B against $26.6B).
On earnings, PPL is cheaper: it trades at 20.9× trailing earnings, against 28.7× for Entergy.
Both pay dividends: Entergy yields 2.3% and PPL 3.2%.
PPL scores higher on the StockData Score (8 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 | PPL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $52.3B | $26.6B |
| Share price | $111.99 | $35.38 |
| Change, 1 year | 15.3% | −4.0% |
| Change, 5 years | 111% | 24.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.42 | 0.40 |
| Employees | 12K | 6,546 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 5 | 8 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Health score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 2 | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 28.7× | 20.9× (better) |
| P/S | 3.9× | 2.8× (better) |
| P/B | 2.9× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.2× (better) | 20.6× |
| PEG | 2.14 | 1.31 (better) |
| FCF yield | −5.7% (better) | −7.5% |
| Fair value | $77.67 | $34.40 |
| Margin of safety | −44.2% | −2.8% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.5% | – |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 5.1% | 10.6% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 28.1% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −3.0% | 27.1% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 2.5% (better) | −3.6% |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 22.9% | 24.1% (better) |
| Net margin | – | 13.5% |
| FCF margin | −22.0% | −21.2% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 5.2% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.90 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.65 (better) | 8.83 |
| Interest coverage | 2.1× | 2.6× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.91 (better) | 0.91 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.03 (better) | 0.97 |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.3% | 3.2% (better) |
| Payout ratio | – | 64.6% |
| Years of dividend growth | 11 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 5.5% (better) | −8.1% |
| Buyback yield | −2.6% | – |
| Shareholder yield | −0.29% | 3.2% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 98.0% | 91.2% |
| Held by insiders | 0.23% | 0.17% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$10.4M | −$441K (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.6% | – |
Go deeper
- ETR stock overview
- ETR income statement
- ETR valuation and score
- PPL stock overview
- PPL income statement
- PPL valuation and score
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