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CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP) vs Evergy Inc. (EVRG)

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. and Evergy Inc. are both Utilities Regulated Electric companies. CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $26.2B against $18.8B — 1.4× the size. Evergy Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 20.7× against 23.9×. CenterPoint Energy, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.10% against 3.63%. Evergy Inc. has the higher net margin (15.2% vs 11.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.15% vs 3.89%). Both pay a dividend; Evergy Inc. yields more (3.34% vs 2.26%). Across the 22 metrics below, Evergy Inc. leads on 14 and CenterPoint Energy, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric CNP EVRG Utilities Regulated Electric median
P/E 23.91 20.72 19.47
P/S 2.78 3.16 2.78
P/B 2.28 1.87 1.77
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 38.27
EV/EBITDA 13.05 11.42 12.25
EV/Sales 5.29 5.42 4.74
Earnings yield 4.18% 4.83% 5.02%
Free cash flow yield (11.43%) (7.31%) (5.09%)

Profitability

Metric CNP EVRG Utilities Regulated Electric median
Gross margin 78.59% 69.31% 66.28%
Operating margin 23.24% 26.20% 21.79%
Net margin 11.61% 15.19% 12.94%
Free cash flow margin (31.73%) (23.07%) (11.51%)
Return on equity 9.82% 9.13% 9.75%
Return on assets 2.42% 2.71% 2.75%
Return on invested capital 3.89% 4.15% 3.87%

Growth

Metric CNP EVRG Utilities Regulated Electric median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.10% 3.63% 7.43%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1.27% (3.43%) 7.45%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.75% 3.94% 6.75%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 6.71% 6.44%

Health

Metric CNP EVRG Utilities Regulated Electric median
Debt to equity 2.10 1.34 1.53
Current ratio 1.12 0.36 0.81
Net debt to EBITDA 6.16 4.80 5.25

Dividend

Metric CNP EVRG Utilities Regulated Electric median
Dividend yield 2.26% 3.34% 3.29%
Payout ratio 0.54 0.71 0.66

Size

Metric CNP EVRG Utilities Regulated Electric median
Market cap 26.22b 18.80b 23.14b

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