Exelon (EXC) Competitors

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) and Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:PEG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do analysts prefer EXC or PEG?

Exelon presently has a consensus target price of $39.09, indicating a potential upside of 6.37%. Public Service Enterprise Group has a consensus target price of $74.17, indicating a potential downside of 2.43%. Given Exelon's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Exelon is more favorable than Public Service Enterprise Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Exelon	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23
Public Service Enterprise Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is EXC or PEG a better dividend stock?

Exelon pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Public Service Enterprise Group pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Exelon pays out 65.5% 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. Exelon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EXC or PEG?

Public Service Enterprise Group received 458 more outperform votes than Exelon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.96% of users gave Public Service Enterprise Group an outperform vote while only 45.26% of users gave Exelon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Exelon	Outperform Votes 62 45.26%	Underperform Votes 75 54.74%
Public Service Enterprise Group	Outperform Votes 520 56.96%	Underperform Votes 393 43.04%

Is EXC or PEG more profitable?

Public Service Enterprise Group has a net margin of 17.65% compared to Exelon's net margin of 10.44%. Public Service Enterprise Group's return on equity of 11.10% beat Exelon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Exelon	10.44%	9.27%	2.36%
Public Service Enterprise Group	17.65%	11.10%	3.37%

Does the media favor EXC or PEG?

In the previous week, Exelon had 11 more articles in the media than Public Service Enterprise Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Exelon and 15 mentions for Public Service Enterprise Group. Exelon's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Public Service Enterprise Group's score of 0.70 indicating that Exelon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Exelon	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Public Service Enterprise Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, EXC or PEG?

Public Service Enterprise Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Exelon. Exelon 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Exelon	$21.73B	1.69	$2.33B	$2.32	15.84
Public Service Enterprise Group	$11.24B	3.37	$2.56B	$3.61	21.06

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EXC or PEG?

80.9% of Exelon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of Public Service Enterprise Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Exelon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Public Service Enterprise Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, EXC or PEG?

Exelon has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Public Service Enterprise Group has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Public Service Enterprise Group beats Exelon on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.