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Pinnacle West Capital (PNW) Competitors

$78.86
+1.84 (+2.39%)
(As of 05/31/2024 08:51 PM ET)

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.

Pinnacle West Capital vs.

Edison International (NYSE:EIX) and Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

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 raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Pinnacle West Capital has raised 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.

Edison International currently has a consensus price target of $77.22, suggesting a potential upside of 0.48%. Pinnacle West Capital has a consensus price target of $74.58, suggesting a potential downside of 5.42%. Given Pinnacle West Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Edison International is more favorable than Pinnacle West Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Edison International
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Pinnacle West Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

89.0% of Edison International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Edison International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Edison International had 4 more articles in the media than Pinnacle West Capital. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Edison International and 5 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital. Pinnacle West Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Edison International's score of 0.81 indicating that Edison International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Edison International
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Pinnacle West Capital
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Edison International6.14% 12.48% 2.44%
Pinnacle West Capital 11.09%8.29%2.13%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Edison International$16.34B1.81$1.41B$2.2833.71
Pinnacle West Capital$4.70B1.91$501.56M$4.5917.18

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Edison InternationalOutperform Votes
747
63.20%
Underperform Votes
435
36.80%
Pinnacle West CapitalOutperform Votes
385
42.08%
Underperform Votes
530
57.92%

Summary

Edison International beats Pinnacle West Capital on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PNW vs. The Competition

MetricPinnacle West CapitalElectric services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.96B$13.74B$12.88B$17.81B
Dividend Yield4.46%4.62%4.09%3.51%
P/E Ratio17.1816.1091.5825.82
Price / Sales1.9127.7519.8610.19
Price / Cash4.708.2916.5519.14
Price / Book1.421.641.835.90
Net Income$501.56M$664.86M$568.22M$976.46M
7 Day Performance2.66%0.74%1.23%0.62%
1 Month Performance5.09%4.14%3.82%3.61%
1 Year Performance1.94%6.00%1.31%20.81%

Pinnacle West Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EIX
Edison International
4.9052 of 5 stars
$76.91
+3.0%
$77.22
+0.4%
+15.3%$28.73B$16.34B33.7314,375Short Interest ↓
Positive News
High Trading Volume
ETR
Entergy
4.4351 of 5 stars
$112.49
+4.4%
$112.09
-0.4%
+13.1%$23.02B$12.15B11.2812,177Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
FE
FirstEnergy
2.9353 of 5 stars
$40.26
+3.3%
$40.20
-0.1%
+6.8%$22.44B$12.87B23.1412,042High Trading Volume
PPL
PPL
4.1596 of 5 stars
$29.33
+2.7%
$32.45
+10.7%
+10.6%$21.07B$8.31B28.486,629Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
ES
Eversource Energy
4.6746 of 5 stars
$59.23
+2.9%
$66.07
+11.6%
-15.4%$20.28B$11.91B-50.1910,171Insider Selling
Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
OGE
OGE Energy
3.2966 of 5 stars
$36.30
+2.7%
$33.40
-8.0%
+1.8%$7.09B$2.67B18.432,329Positive News
IDA
IDACORP
4.0917 of 5 stars
$95.46
+2.5%
$97.40
+2.0%
-9.2%$5.08B$1.77B19.172,112Analyst Forecast
POR
Portland General Electric
2.5421 of 5 stars
$44.56
+2.8%
$44.00
-1.3%
-10.3%$4.47B$2.92B17.072,842Positive News
OTTR
Otter Tail
1.8857 of 5 stars
$90.47
+0.6%
N/A+19.9%$3.76B$1.35B12.432,655
ALE
ALLETE
4.4784 of 5 stars
$63.15
+0.7%
$60.40
-4.4%
+3.3%$3.61B$1.88B15.181,560Analyst Forecast

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