NI vs. SRE, D, PEG, ED, WEC, DTE, AEE, CNP, CMS, and MDU
Should you be buying NiSource stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NiSource include Sempra (SRE), Dominion Energy (D), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), DTE Energy (DTE), Ameren (AEE), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), CMS Energy (CMS), and MDU Resources Group (MDU). These companies are all part of the "multi-utilities" industry.
Sempra (NYSE:SRE) and NiSource (NYSE:NI) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
Sempra received 55 more outperform votes than NiSource when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.08% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote while only 54.10% of users gave NiSource an outperform vote.
Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. NiSource pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Sempra pays out 54.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NiSource pays out 69.3% 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. Sempra has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years and NiSource has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
Sempra has higher revenue and earnings than NiSource. Sempra is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NiSource, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sempra has a net margin of 20.99% compared to Sempra's net margin of 14.23%. Sempra's return on equity of 9.56% beat NiSource's return on equity.
89.7% of Sempra shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of NiSource shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Sempra shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of NiSource shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sempra has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NiSource has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Sempra had 5 more articles in the media than NiSource. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Sempra and 6 mentions for NiSource. Sempra's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat NiSource's score of 0.93 indicating that NiSource is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sempra currently has a consensus target price of $82.86, suggesting a potential upside of 9.72%. NiSource has a consensus target price of $29.71, suggesting a potential upside of 5.52%. Given NiSource's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Sempra is more favorable than NiSource.
Summary
Sempra beats NiSource on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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