PNW vs. EIX, ETR, FE, PPL, ES, OGE, IDA, POR, OTTR, and ALE
Should you be buying Pinnacle West Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pinnacle West Capital include Edison International (EIX), Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), PPL (PPL), Eversource Energy (ES), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR), Otter Tail (OTTR), and ALLETE (ALE). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.
Edison International (NYSE:EIX) and Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Edison International pays out 136.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 76.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Edison International has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Pinnacle West Capital has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Pinnacle West Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Edison International has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pinnacle West Capital has a net margin of 11.09% compared to Pinnacle West Capital's net margin of 6.14%. Pinnacle West Capital's return on equity of 12.48% beat Edison International's return on equity.
Edison International has higher revenue and earnings than Pinnacle West Capital. Pinnacle West Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Edison International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Edison International currently has a consensus target price of $77.22, suggesting a potential upside of 0.48%. Pinnacle West Capital has a consensus target price of $74.58, suggesting a potential downside of 5.42%. Given Pinnacle West Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Edison International is more favorable than Pinnacle West Capital.
In the previous week, Edison International had 5 more articles in the media than Pinnacle West Capital. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Edison International and 6 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital. Edison International's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Pinnacle West Capital's score of 0.91 indicating that Pinnacle West Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
88.9% of Edison International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Edison International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Edison International received 362 more outperform votes than Pinnacle West Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.20% of users gave Edison International an outperform vote while only 42.08% of users gave Pinnacle West Capital an outperform vote.
Summary
Edison International beats Pinnacle West Capital on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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