Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale (OTCMKTS:TEZNY) and Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) Critical Survey

Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) and Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale (OTCMKTS:TEZNY) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Evergy and Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Evergy	0	0	8	1	3.11
Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale	1	1	1	0	2.00

Evergy presently has a consensus target price of $78.07, indicating a potential upside of 0.12%. Given Evergy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Evergy is more favorable than Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale.

Risk and Volatility

Evergy has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Evergy and Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Evergy	14.29%	8.62%	2.66%
Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale	N/A	N/A	N/A

Dividends

Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale pays an annual dividend of $1.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Evergy pays out 73.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Evergy has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Evergy and Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Evergy	$5.85 billion	3.07	$873.50 million	$3.64	21.42
Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Evergy has higher revenue and earnings than Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

87.2% of Evergy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Evergy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Evergy beats Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Evergy

Evergy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity in the United States. The company generates electricity through coal, landfill gas, uranium, and natural gas and oil sources, as well as solar, wind, other renewable sources. It serves residences, commercial firms, industrials, municipalities, and other electric utilities. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.

About Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale

Terna S.p.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides electricity transmission and dispatching services in Italy, other Euro-area countries, and internationally. It operates through Regulated, Non-Regulated, and International segments. The company is involved in the design, construction, management, development, operation, and maintenance of national transmission grid; dispatching and metering; and construction of storage systems. It also supplies transformers and cables; provides energy and connectivity services; and installs and operates interconnecting lines. In addition, the company designs, produces, commercializes, and repairs power transformers for electricity transmission and distribution grids; industrial transformers for the steel and metals industries; special transformers for convertors used in electrochemical production; produces and sells marine and terrestrial cables; develops renewable energy projects; and undertakes private interconnector projects. Terna S.p.A. was founded in 1962 and is based in Rome, Italy.