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Evergy Inc. (EVRG) vs FirstEnergy Corporation (FE)

Evergy Inc. and FirstEnergy Corporation are both Utilities Regulated Electric companies. FirstEnergy Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $27.3B against $20.2B — 1.4× the size. Evergy Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 18.9× against 22.6×. FirstEnergy Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.2% against 8.54%. Evergy Inc. has the higher net margin (16.7% vs 7.40%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.18% vs 3.40%). Both pay a dividend; FirstEnergy Corporation yields more (4.86% vs 3.19%). Across the 22 metrics below, Evergy Inc. leads on 14 and FirstEnergy Corporation on 8.

Valuation

Metric EVRG FE Utilities Regulated Electric median
P/E 18.92 22.62 19.45
P/S 3.16 1.68 2.78
P/B 1.82 1.88 1.82
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 45.34
EV/EBITDA 12.16 13.92 12.40
EV/Sales 5.51 3.52 4.95
Earnings yield 5.29% 4.42% 5.12%
Free cash flow yield (7.67%) (7.93%) (5.93%)

Profitability

Metric EVRG FE Utilities Regulated Electric median
Gross margin 0.00% 63.43% 62.00%
Operating margin 27.37% 14.88% 21.72%
Net margin 16.67% 7.40% 13.45%
Free cash flow margin (24.23%) (13.30%) (11.71%)
Return on equity 9.94% 8.37% 9.94%
Return on assets 3.05% 2.08% 2.85%
Return on invested capital 4.18% 3.40% 3.95%

Growth

Metric EVRG FE Utilities Regulated Electric median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.54% 12.20% 7.78%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (3.43%) 3.53% 6.01%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.94% 6.94% 6.72%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.71% (1.12%) 6.50%

Health

Metric EVRG FE Utilities Regulated Electric median
Debt to equity 1.36 2.07 1.54
Current ratio 0.49 0.38 0.88
Net debt to EBITDA 4.80 7.04 5.27

Dividend

Metric EVRG FE Utilities Regulated Electric median
Dividend yield 3.19% 4.86% 3.16%
Payout ratio 0.62 1.10 0.63

Size

Metric EVRG FE Utilities Regulated Electric median
Market cap 20.15b 27.27b 26.54b

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