How to buy OGE Energy stock | $32.81

OGE Energy Corp is an utilities-regulated electric business based in the US. OGE Energy shares (OGE) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. OGE Energy employs 2,425 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$2.1 billion.

How to buy shares in OGE Energy

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for OGE Energy. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: OGE. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until OGE Energy reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$32.81, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of OGE Energy, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of OGE Energy. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

OGE Energy share price

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OGE Energy shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-01.

Latest market close	USD$32.81
52-week range	USD$22.1444 - USD$44.693
50-day moving average	USD$32.6583
200-day moving average	USD$31.7454
Wall St. target price	USD$36.33
PE ratio	14.0324
Dividend yield	USD$1.61 (4.97%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$2.25

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OGE Energy price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $32.81 from 2020-12-09

1 week (2021-01-11)	N/A
1 month (2020-12-22)	6.91%
3 months (2020-10-22)	0.98%
6 months (2020-07-18)	N/A

1 year (2020-01-18)	N/A
2 years (2019-01-18)	N/A
3 years (2018-01-18)	N/A
5 years (2016-01-18)	N/A

Is OGE Energy under- or over-valued?

Valuing OGE Energy stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of OGE Energy's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

OGE Energy's P/E ratio

OGE Energy's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 14x. In other words, OGE Energy shares trade at around 14x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

OGE Energy's PEG ratio

OGE Energy's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 4.367. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into OGE Energy's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

OGE Energy's EBITDA

OGE Energy's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$883.7 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a OGE Energy's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

OGE Energy financials

Revenue TTM	USD$2.1 billion
Operating margin TTM	24.1%
Gross profit TTM	USD$952.9 million
Return on assets TTM	2.94%
Return on equity TTM	-4.92%
Profit margin	-9.15%
Book value	$18.302
Market capitalisation	USD$6.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting OGE Energy shares

There are currently 2.0 million OGE Energy shares held short by investors – that's known as OGE Energy's "short interest". This figure is 10.7% up from 1.8 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting OGE Energy shares can be evaluated.

OGE Energy's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

OGE Energy's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of OGE Energy shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of OGE Energy shares traded daily (recently around 1.0 million). OGE Energy's SIR currently stands at 1.98. In other words for every 100,000 OGE Energy shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1980 shares are currently held short.

However OGE Energy's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of OGE Energy shares, or, against the total number of tradable OGE Energy shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case OGE Energy's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 OGE Energy shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0135% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable OGE Energy shares, roughly 14 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against OGE Energy.

Find out more about how you can short OGE Energy stock.

OGE Energy's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like OGE Energy.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

OGE Energy's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 41.82

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and OGE Energy's overall score of 41.82 (as at 01/01/2019) is pretty weak – landing it in it in the 86th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like OGE Energy is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

OGE Energy's environmental score

Environmental score: 24.62/100

OGE Energy's environmental score of 24.62 puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that OGE Energy is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

OGE Energy's social score

Social score: 10.27/100

OGE Energy's social score of 10.27 puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that OGE Energy is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

OGE Energy's governance score

Governance score: 5.93/100

OGE Energy's governance score puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that OGE Energy is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

OGE Energy's controversy score

Controversy score: 1/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. OGE Energy scored a 1 out of 5 for controversy – the highest score possible, reflecting that OGE Energy has managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

OGE Energy Corp was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	41.82
Total ESG percentile	86.4
Environmental score	24.62
Environmental score percentile	2
Social score	10.27
Social score percentile	2
Governance score	5.93
Governance score percentile	2
Level of controversy	1

OGE Energy share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 53.05% of net profits

Recently OGE Energy has paid out, on average, around 53.05% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 4.97% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), OGE Energy shareholders could enjoy a 4.97% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In OGE Energy's case, that would currently equate to about $1.61 per share.

OGE Energy's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

OGE Energy's most recent dividend payout was on 30 October 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 9 October 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have OGE Energy's shares ever split?

OGE Energy's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 2 July 2013. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your OGE Energy shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for OGE Energy shares which in turn could have impacted OGE Energy's share price.

OGE Energy share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, OGE Energy's shares have ranged in value from as little as $22.1444 up to $44.693. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while OGE Energy's is 0.6759. This would suggest that OGE Energy's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

OGE Energy overview

OGE Energy Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy and energy services provider that offers physical delivery and related services for electricity and natural gas primarily in the south central United States. It operates in two segments, Electric Utility and Natural Gas Midstream Operations. The Electric Utility segment generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric energy. This segment furnishes retail electric service in 267 communities and their contiguous rural and suburban areas; and owns and operates coal-fired, natural gas-fired, wind-powered, and solar-powered generating assets. Its service area covers 30,000 square miles in Oklahoma and western Arkansas, including Oklahoma City in Oklahoma; and Fort Smith, Arkansas. The Natural Gas Midstream Operations segment engages in gathering, processing, transporting, and storing natural gas; and the provision of crude oil gathering services, and interstate and intrastate natural gas pipeline transportation and storage services primarily to its producer, power plant, local distribution company, and industrial end-user customers. As of December 31, 2019, the company owned and operated interconnected electric generation, transmission, and distribution systems, including 13 generating stations with an aggregate capability of 7,081 megawatts; and transmission systems comprising 53 substations and 5,122 structure miles of lines in Oklahoma, and seven substations and 277 structure miles of lines in Arkansas. Its distribution systems included 350 substations; 29,406 structure miles of overhead lines; 3,050 miles of underground conduit; and 10,967 miles of underground conductors in Oklahoma, as well as 30 substations, 2,786 structure miles of overhead lines, 315 miles of underground conduit, and 679 miles of underground conductors in Arkansas. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of OGE Energy is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.309% of OGE Energy shares are held by insiders and 66.065% by institutions.

• How many people work for OGE Energy?

  Latest data suggests 2,425 work at OGE Energy.

• When does the fiscal year end for OGE Energy?

  OGE Energy's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is OGE Energy based?

  OGE Energy's address is: 321 North Harvey, Oklahoma City, OK, United States, 73101-0321

• What is OGE Energy's ISIN number?

  OGE Energy's international securities identification number is: US6708371033

• What is OGE Energy's CUSIP number?

  OGE Energy's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 670837103