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.
NiSource (NYSE:NI) and Sempra (NYSE:SRE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
91.6% of NiSource shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Sempra shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of NiSource shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Sempra shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sempra has a net margin of 20.99% compared to NiSource's net margin of 14.23%. NiSource's return on equity of 9.56% beat Sempra's return on equity.
NiSource presently has a consensus price target of $29.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.36%. Sempra has a consensus price target of $82.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.91%. Given Sempra's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sempra is more favorable than NiSource.
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 received 56 more outperform votes than NiSource when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.13% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote while only 54.10% of users gave NiSource an outperform vote.
NiSource has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sempra has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
NiSource pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. NiSource pays out 69.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sempra pays out 55.0% 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.
In the previous week, NiSource had 14 more articles in the media than Sempra. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for NiSource and 6 mentions for Sempra. Sempra's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat NiSource's score of 0.55 indicating that Sempra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Sempra beats NiSource on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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