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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.
Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. 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. Pinnacle West Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
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 presently has a consensus price target of $77.22, indicating a potential upside of 4.57%. Pinnacle West Capital has a consensus price target of $76.04, indicating a potential upside of 0.29%. Given Pinnacle West Capital's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Edison International is more favorable than Pinnacle West Capital.
Edison International has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
89.0% of Edison International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Edison International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Pinnacle West Capital had 4 more articles in the media than Edison International. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital and 11 mentions for Edison International. Pinnacle West Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Edison International's score of 1.11 indicating that Edison International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Edison International received 361 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 42.05% of users gave Pinnacle West Capital an outperform vote.
Summary
Edison International beats Pinnacle West Capital on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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