XEL vs. ED, WEC, PEG, PCG, EXC, AEE, CMS, LNT, NI, and EVRG
Should you be buying Xcel Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xcel Energy include Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), PG&E (PCG), Exelon (EXC), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), Alliant Energy (LNT), NiSource (NI), and Evergy (EVRG). These companies are all part of the "electric & other services combined" industry.
Consolidated Edison (NYSE:ED) and Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
66.3% of Consolidated Edison shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.4% of Xcel Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Consolidated Edison shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Xcel Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Xcel Energy had 23 more articles in the media than Consolidated Edison. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Xcel Energy and 14 mentions for Consolidated Edison. Consolidated Edison's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Xcel Energy's score of 0.40 indicating that Xcel Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Consolidated Edison received 342 more outperform votes than Xcel Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 41.55% of users gave Consolidated Edison an outperform vote while only 29.06% of users gave Xcel Energy an outperform vote.
Consolidated Edison has a net margin of 17.19% compared to Consolidated Edison's net margin of 13.36%. Consolidated Edison's return on equity of 11.03% beat Xcel Energy's return on equity.
Consolidated Edison has higher revenue and earnings than Xcel Energy. Consolidated Edison is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xcel Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Consolidated Edison has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xcel Energy has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Consolidated Edison pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Xcel Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Consolidated Edison pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Xcel Energy pays out 65.8% 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. Consolidated Edison has raised its dividend for 51 consecutive years and Xcel Energy has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years.
Consolidated Edison currently has a consensus price target of $87.54, suggesting a potential downside of 7.37%. Xcel Energy has a consensus price target of $62.83, suggesting a potential upside of 17.62%. Given Consolidated Edison's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Xcel Energy is more favorable than Consolidated Edison.
Summary
Xcel Energy beats Consolidated Edison on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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