EIX vs. SO, DUK, ETR, FE, PPL, ES, PNW, OGE, IDA, and POR
Should you be buying Edison International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Edison International include Southern (SO), Duke Energy (DUK), Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), PPL (PPL), Eversource Energy (ES), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), and Portland General Electric (POR). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.
Edison International (NYSE:EIX) and Southern (NYSE:SO) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and earnings.
In the previous week, Edison International had 11 more articles in the media than Southern. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Edison International and 10 mentions for Southern. Southern's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Edison International's score of 0.69 indicating that Southern is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Edison International has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Southern has a net margin of 16.74% compared to Edison International's net margin of 6.14%. Edison International's return on equity of 12.48% beat Southern's return on equity.
Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Southern pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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. Southern pays out 74.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Edison International presently has a consensus target price of $76.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.51%. Southern has a consensus target price of $75.73, indicating a potential downside of 2.57%. Given Edison International's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Edison International is more favorable than Southern.
89.0% of Edison International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of Southern shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Edison International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Southern shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Southern has higher revenue and earnings than Edison International. Southern 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 received 219 more outperform votes than Southern when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.25% of users gave Edison International an outperform vote while only 50.05% of users gave Southern an outperform vote.
Summary
Southern beats Edison International on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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