CNP vs. PCG, SRE, D, PEG, ED, WEC, DTE, AEE, CMS, and NI
Should you be buying CenterPoint Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CenterPoint Energy include PG&E (PCG), Sempra (SRE), Dominion Energy (D), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), DTE Energy (DTE), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), and NiSource (NI). These companies are all part of the "multi-utilities" industry.
CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) and PG&E (NYSE:PCG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
CenterPoint Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. PG&E pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. CenterPoint Energy pays out 56.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PG&E pays out 3.6% 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.
91.8% of CenterPoint Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of PG&E shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of CenterPoint Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of PG&E shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
PG&E received 410 more outperform votes than CenterPoint Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.22% of users gave PG&E an outperform vote while only 56.30% of users gave CenterPoint Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, PG&E had 6 more articles in the media than CenterPoint Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for PG&E and 7 mentions for CenterPoint Energy. CenterPoint Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat PG&E's score of 0.76 indicating that CenterPoint Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PG&E has higher revenue and earnings than CenterPoint Energy. PG&E is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CenterPoint Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CenterPoint Energy currently has a consensus price target of $30.73, indicating a potential upside of 0.71%. PG&E has a consensus price target of $19.75, indicating a potential upside of 6.53%. Given PG&E's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PG&E is more favorable than CenterPoint Energy.
CenterPoint Energy has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PG&E has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CenterPoint Energy has a net margin of 11.03% compared to PG&E's net margin of 10.05%. PG&E's return on equity of 11.32% beat CenterPoint Energy's return on equity.
Summary
CenterPoint Energy and PG&E tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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