Undervalued Large-Cap Utilities Stocks on NAS February 2025

February 26, 2025

Utilities Sector

The utilities sector includes companies that supply and distribute electricity or water utilities.

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Undervalued Utilities stocks

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SymbolNameClose Price ($)Valuation ($)Difference (%)Average Vol (30D)Market Cap ($M)Yield (%)P/E Ratio
NFE New Fortress Energy 10.50 21.67 106.42 3653558 2193 2.86 11.5
NWE NorthWestern Energy Group 54.84 59.32 8.17 437693 3366 4.74 15.0
OTTR Otter Tail 81.52 87.54 7.38 249558 3430 2.36 11.4
TLN Talen Energy 211.59 217.77 2.92 1311974 11250 0.00 0.0
XEL Xcel Energy 70.45 71.45 1.43 3217873 39663 3.11 20.5
EVRG Evergy 68.81 69.77 1.40 1884743 15868 3.77 18.6
EXC Exelon 44.04 44.00 -0.09 8025861 44172 3.50 18.0
MGEE MGE Energy 94.26 91.21 -3.23 173520 3413 1.86 28.3
LNT Alliant Energy 63.75 61.55 -3.45 1930500 16371 3.05 23.7
AEP American Electric Power 107.64 102.14 -5.11 3295932 57193 3.36 19.3
All data provided as at market close February 24, 2025.

Company Details

New Fortress Energy

NFE:NAS

Close Price

10.50

Our Valuation

21.67

% Difference

106.42

Market Cap ($M)

2193

P/E Ratio

11.5

New Fortress Energy is an integrated gas-to-power company. Its business model spans the entire production and delivery chain from natural gas procurement and liquefaction to logistics, shipping, terminals, and conversion or development of a natural gas-fired generation. It has invested in floating, liquefied natural gas vessels to both lower the cost of acquiring gas while securing a long-term supply for its terminals. Its segments include terminals and infrastructure, or T&I, and ships.

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NorthWestern Energy Group

NWE:NAS

Close Price

54.84

Our Valuation

59.32

% Difference

8.17

Market Cap ($M)

3366

P/E Ratio

15.0

NorthWestern Energy Group Inc provides electricity and natural gas services in the Upper Midwest and Northwest of the U.S. in the states of Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Yellowstone National Park. The company's primary segments include Electric utility operations, which include the generation, purchase, transmission, and distribution of electricity, and Natural Gas utility operations, which include the production, purchase, transmission, storage, and distribution of natural gas.

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Otter Tail

OTTR:NAS

Close Price

81.52

Our Valuation

87.54

% Difference

7.38

Market Cap ($M)

3430

P/E Ratio

11.4

Otter Tail Corp is a U.S. energy company that operates in the electric (produces and sells electricity), manufacturing (fabricates metal components), and plastics segments (pipes for water uses). The company conducts its operations and acquires the majority of its revenue in the U.S. in the states of Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Dakota.

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Talen Energy

TLN:NAS

Close Price

211.59

Our Valuation

217.77

% Difference

2.92

Market Cap ($M)

11250

P/E Ratio

0.0

Talen Energy Corp is an independent power producer and infrastructure company. The company owns and operates approximately 10.7 gigawatts of power infrastructure in the United States. The group produces and sells electricity, capacity, and ancillary services into wholesale U.S. power markets, including PJM and WECC, with its generation fleet located in the Mid-Atlantic and Montana.

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Xcel Energy

XEL:NAS

Close Price

70.45

Our Valuation

71.45

% Difference

1.43

Market Cap ($M)

39663

P/E Ratio

20.5

Xcel Energy manages utilities serving 3.8 million electric customers and 2.2 million natural gas customers in eight states. Its utilities are Northern States Power, which serves customers in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Michigan; Public Service Company of Colorado; and Southwestern Public Service Company, which serves customers in Texas and New Mexico.

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Evergy

EVRG:NAS

Close Price

68.81

Our Valuation

69.77

% Difference

1.40

Market Cap ($M)

15868

P/E Ratio

18.6

Evergy is a regulated electric utility serving eastern Kansas and western Missouri. Major operating subsidiaries include Evergy Metro, Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Missouri West, and Evergy Transmission Co. The utility has a combined rate base of approximately $20 billion, about half in Kansas and the rest split between Missouri and federal jurisdiction. Evergy is one of the largest wind energy suppliers in the US.

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Exelon

EXC:NAS

Close Price

44.04

Our Valuation

44.00

% Difference

-0.09

Market Cap ($M)

44172

P/E Ratio

18.0

Exelon serves approximately 10 million power and gas customers at its six regulated utilities in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, and Washington, D.C.

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MGE Energy

MGEE:NAS

Close Price

94.26

Our Valuation

91.21

% Difference

-3.23

Market Cap ($M)

3413

P/E Ratio

28.3

MGE Energy provides electric service to 161,000 customers and natural gas service to 173,000 customers in Madison, Wisconsin, and surrounding areas. Nearly 90% of customers are residential. The company also owns a 3.6% stake in American Transmission Co. MGE owns interests in two coal power plants that earn guaranteed fixed rates of return, contributing about 20% of earnings. MGE's generation mix is 40% coal, 21% renewable energy, 17% natural gas, and third-party purchased power.

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Alliant Energy

LNT:NAS

Close Price

63.75

Our Valuation

61.55

% Difference

-3.45

Market Cap ($M)

16371

P/E Ratio

23.7

Alliant Energy is the parent of two regulated utilities, Interstate Power and Light and Wisconsin Power and Light, serving nearly 1 million electric customers and 425,000 natural gas-only customers. Both subsidiaries engage in the generation and distribution of electricity and the distribution and transportation of natural gas. Alliant also owns a 16% interest in American Transmission Co.

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American Electric Power

AEP:NAS

Close Price

107.64

Our Valuation

102.14

% Difference

-5.11

Market Cap ($M)

57193

P/E Ratio

19.3

American Electric Power is one of the largest regulated utilities in the United States, providing electricity generation, transmission, and distribution to more than 5 million customers in 11 states. About 42% of AEP's of capacity is coal, with the remainder from a mix of natural gas (27%), renewable energy and hydro (21%), nuclear (8%), and demand response (2%). Vertically integrated utilities, transmission and distribution, and generation and marketing support earnings.

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New Fortress Energy and NorthWestern Energy Group are the most undervalued Large-Cap Utilities stocks on the NAS. See the full list on the blog: https://www.stockcalc.com/Blog/undervalued-large-cap-utilities-stocks-nas-february-2025
New Fortress Energy $NFE and NorthWestern Energy Group $NWE are the most undervalued Utilities stocks on the #NAS. See the full list: https://www.stockcalc.com/Blog/undervalued-large-cap-utilities-stocks-nas-february-2025
New Fortress Energy and NorthWestern Energy Group are the most undervalued Large-Cap Utilities stocks on the NAS. See the full list on the blog: https://www.stockcalc.com/Blog/undervalued-large-cap-utilities-stocks-nas-february-2025

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