Entergy (NYSE:ETR – Get Free Report) and Hallador Energy (NASDAQ:HNRG – Get Free Report) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares Entergy and Hallador Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Entergy | 14.75% | 10.10% | 2.37% |
Hallador Energy | -1.25% | -1.48% | -0.72% |
Risk & Volatility
Entergy has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hallador Energy has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dividends
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Entergy and Hallador Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Entergy | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2.79 |
Hallador Energy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Entergy currently has a consensus price target of $127.35, indicating a potential downside of 1.47%. Hallador Energy has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.81%. Given Hallador Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hallador Energy is more favorable than Entergy.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
88.1% of Entergy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of Hallador Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Entergy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.3% of Hallador Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Entergy and Hallador Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Entergy | $12.07 billion | 2.29 | $2.36 billion | $9.97 | 12.96 |
Hallador Energy | $485.54 million | 0.52 | $44.79 million | $0.59 | 11.66 |
Entergy has higher revenue and earnings than Hallador Energy. Hallador Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Entergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Entergy beats Hallador Energy on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Entergy
Entergy Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and retail distribution of electricity in the United States. It generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric power in portions of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, including the City of New Orleans; and distributes natural gas. It also engages in the ownership of interests in non-nuclear power plants that sell electric power to wholesale customers, as well as provides decommissioning services to other nuclear power plant owners. It generates electricity through gas, nuclear, coal, hydro, and solar power sources. The company sells energy to retail power providers, utilities, electric power co-operatives, power trading organizations, and other power generation companies. The company’s power plants have approximately 24,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity. It delivers electricity to 3 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Entergy Corporation was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.
About Hallador Energy
Hallador Energy Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the production of steam coal in the State of Indiana for the electric power generation industry. The company owns the Oaktown Mine 1 and Oaktown Mine 2 underground mines in Oaktown; Freelandville Center Pit surface mine in Freelandville; and Prosperity Surface mine in Petersburg, Indiana. It is also involved in gas exploration activities in Indiana; and operation of logistics transport facility. Hallador Energy Company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Terre Haute, Indiana.
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