EXC vs. PCG, XEL, ED, PEG, WEC, AEE, CMS, LNT, NI, and DUK
Should you be buying Exelon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exelon include PG&E (PCG), Xcel Energy (XEL), Consolidated Edison (ED), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), Alliant Energy (LNT), NiSource (NI), and Duke Energy (DUK). These companies are all part of the "electric & other services combined" industry.
Exelon vs.
Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) and PG&E (NYSE:PCG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, PG&E had 20 more articles in the media than Exelon. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for PG&E and 4 mentions for Exelon. Exelon's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat PG&E's score of -0.23 indicating that Exelon is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Exelon has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PG&E has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Exelon presently has a consensus price target of $46.30, suggesting a potential upside of 16.65%. PG&E has a consensus price target of $18.28, suggesting a potential upside of 9.78%. Given Exelon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Exelon is more favorable than PG&E.
Exelon has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PG&E. Exelon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PG&E, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PG&E received 800 more outperform votes than Exelon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.01% of users gave PG&E an outperform vote while only 58.82% of users gave Exelon an outperform vote.
Exelon has a net margin of 11.61% compared to PG&E's net margin of 8.64%. PG&E's return on equity of 10.21% beat Exelon's return on equity.
80.6% of Exelon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.6% of PG&E shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Exelon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of PG&E shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Exelon beats PG&E on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EXC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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