PCG vs. PEG, ED, WEC, AEE, CMS, NI, EXC, XEL, LNT, and EVRG
Should you be buying PG&E stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PG&E include Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), NiSource (NI), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Alliant Energy (LNT), and Evergy (EVRG). These companies are all part of the "electric & other services combined" industry.
PG&E (NYSE:PCG) and Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:PEG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
Public Service Enterprise Group has a net margin of 17.65% compared to PG&E's net margin of 10.05%. PG&E's return on equity of 11.32% beat Public Service Enterprise Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Public Service Enterprise Group had 2 more articles in the media than PG&E. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Public Service Enterprise Group and 23 mentions for PG&E. PG&E's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Public Service Enterprise Group's score of 0.35 indicating that PG&E is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PG&E has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Public Service Enterprise Group has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PG&E currently has a consensus price target of $19.11, indicating a potential upside of 8.22%. Public Service Enterprise Group has a consensus price target of $67.15, indicating a potential downside of 4.20%. Given PG&E's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe PG&E is more favorable than Public Service Enterprise Group.
Public Service Enterprise Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PG&E. PG&E is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Public Service Enterprise Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
78.6% of PG&E shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of Public Service Enterprise Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of PG&E shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Public Service Enterprise Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
PG&E pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Public Service Enterprise Group pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. PG&E pays out 3.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Public Service Enterprise Group pays out 66.5% 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.
PG&E received 347 more outperform votes than Public Service Enterprise Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.24% of users gave PG&E an outperform vote while only 56.69% of users gave Public Service Enterprise Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Public Service Enterprise Group beats PG&E on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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