WEC vs. PCG, SRE, D, PEG, ED, DTE, CNP, AEE, CMS, and NI
Should you be buying WEC Energy Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WEC Energy Group include PG&E (PCG), Sempra (SRE), Dominion Energy (D), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), DTE Energy (DTE), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), and NiSource (NI). These companies are all part of the "multi-utilities" industry.
PG&E (NYSE:PCG) and WEC Energy Group (NYSE:WEC) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.
78.6% of PG&E shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of WEC Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of PG&E shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of WEC Energy Group shares are held 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.
In the previous week, PG&E and PG&E both had 14 articles in the media. WEC Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat PG&E's score of 0.57 indicating that PG&E is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PG&E pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. WEC Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $3.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. PG&E pays out 3.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WEC Energy Group pays out 72.9% 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. WEC Energy Group has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. WEC Energy Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
PG&E has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WEC Energy Group has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PG&E presently has a consensus target price of $19.75, indicating a potential upside of 7.22%. WEC Energy Group has a consensus target price of $86.29, indicating a potential upside of 6.70%. Given WEC Energy Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe PG&E is more favorable than WEC Energy Group.
WEC Energy Group has a net margin of 16.67% compared to WEC Energy Group's net margin of 10.05%. PG&E's return on equity of 13.01% beat WEC Energy Group's return on equity.
PG&E has higher revenue and earnings than WEC Energy Group. PG&E is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WEC Energy Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PG&E received 441 more outperform votes than WEC Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.22% of users gave PG&E an outperform vote while only 52.43% of users gave WEC Energy Group an outperform vote.
Summary
PG&E beats WEC Energy Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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