PEG vs. PCG, SRE, D, ED, WEC, DTE, CNP, AEE, CMS, and NI
Should you be buying Public Service Enterprise Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Public Service Enterprise Group include PG&E (PCG), Sempra (SRE), Dominion Energy (D), Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), DTE Energy (DTE), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), and NiSource (NI). These companies are all part of the "multi-utilities" industry.
PG&E (NYSE:PCG) and Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:PEG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, PG&E had 4 more articles in the media than Public Service Enterprise Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for PG&E and 10 mentions for Public Service Enterprise Group. PG&E's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Public Service Enterprise Group's score of 0.92 indicating that Public Service Enterprise Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PG&E has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Public Service Enterprise Group has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
78.6% of PG&E shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of Public Service Enterprise Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of PG&E shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Public Service Enterprise Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
PG&E received 347 more outperform votes than Public Service Enterprise Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.27% of users gave PG&E an outperform vote while only 56.83% of users gave Public Service Enterprise Group an outperform vote.
Public Service Enterprise Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PG&E. PG&E is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Public Service Enterprise Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Public Service Enterprise Group has a net margin of 17.65% compared to Public Service Enterprise Group's net margin of 10.05%. Public Service Enterprise Group's return on equity of 11.32% beat PG&E's return on equity.
PG&E presently has a consensus price target of $19.88, suggesting a potential upside of 10.11%. Public Service Enterprise Group has a consensus price target of $69.92, suggesting a potential downside of 4.07%. Given Public Service Enterprise Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PG&E is more favorable than Public Service Enterprise Group.
PG&E pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Public Service Enterprise Group pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. PG&E pays out 3.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Public Service Enterprise Group pays out 66.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Public Service Enterprise Group has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Public Service Enterprise Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Public Service Enterprise Group beats PG&E on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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