Consolidated Edison (ED) Competitors

Sempra (NYSE:SRE) and Consolidated Edison (NYSE:ED) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SRE or ED?

89.7% of Sempra shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of Consolidated Edison shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Sempra shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Consolidated Edison shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, SRE or ED?

Sempra has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Consolidated Edison. Sempra is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Consolidated Edison, 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
Sempra	$13.35B	3.71	$3.08B	$4.55	16.68
Consolidated Edison	$15.77B	2.34	$2.52B	$5.41	18.94

Do analysts recommend SRE or ED?

Sempra currently has a consensus target price of $80.75, indicating a potential upside of 6.40%. Consolidated Edison has a consensus target price of $104.27, indicating a potential upside of 1.77%. Given Sempra's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sempra is more favorable than Consolidated Edison.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sempra	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54
Consolidated Edison	3 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.92

Which has more risk and volatility, SRE or ED?

Sempra has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Consolidated Edison has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SRE or ED?

In the previous week, Consolidated Edison had 9 more articles in the media than Sempra. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Consolidated Edison and 10 mentions for Sempra. Sempra's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Consolidated Edison's score of 1.26 indicating that Sempra is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sempra	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Consolidated Edison	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SRE or ED more profitable?

Sempra has a net margin of 22.63% compared to Consolidated Edison's net margin of 11.93%. Consolidated Edison's return on equity of 8.62% beat Sempra's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sempra	22.63%	8.06%	3.04%
Consolidated Edison	11.93%	8.62%	2.76%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SRE or ED?

Sempra received 112 more outperform votes than Consolidated Edison when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.27% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote while only 40.36% of users gave Consolidated Edison an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sempra	Outperform Votes 493 60.27%	Underperform Votes 325 39.73%
Consolidated Edison	Outperform Votes 381 40.36%	Underperform Votes 563 59.64%

Is SRE or ED a better dividend stock?

Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Consolidated Edison pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Sempra pays out 56.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Consolidated Edison pays out 62.8% 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. Sempra has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Consolidated Edison has increased its dividend for 52 consecutive years. Sempra is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Sempra beats Consolidated Edison on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.