DUK vs. PCG, EXC, XEL, ED, PEG, WEC, AEE, SO, NGG, and SRE
Should you be buying Duke Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Duke Energy include PG&E (PCG), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Consolidated Edison (ED), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Ameren (AEE), Southern (SO), National Grid (NGG), and Sempra Energy (SRE). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Duke Energy vs.
PG&E (NYSE:PCG) and Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
Duke Energy has a net margin of 8.89% compared to PG&E's net margin of 8.64%. PG&E's return on equity of 10.21% beat Duke Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Duke Energy had 12 more articles in the media than PG&E. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Duke Energy and 15 mentions for PG&E. Duke Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat PG&E's score of 0.44 indicating that Duke Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Duke Energy has higher revenue and earnings than PG&E. PG&E is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Duke Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PG&E currently has a consensus target price of $18.28, suggesting a potential upside of 7.93%. Duke Energy has a consensus target price of $105.60, suggesting a potential upside of 18.27%. Given Duke Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Duke Energy is more favorable than PG&E.
PG&E has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Duke Energy has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PG&E received 265 more outperform votes than Duke Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.01% of users gave PG&E an outperform vote while only 54.57% of users gave Duke Energy an outperform vote.
83.6% of PG&E shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.2% of Duke Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of PG&E shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Duke Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Duke Energy beats PG&E on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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