ED vs. AEP, LNT, AEE, ATO, CMS, CNP, DTE, DUK, SO, and WEC
Should you be buying Consolidated Edison stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Consolidated Edison include American Electric Power (AEP), Alliant Energy (LNT), Ameren (AEE), Atmos Energy (ATO), CMS Energy (CMS), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), DTE Energy (DTE), Duke Energy (DUK), Southern (SO), and WEC Energy Group (WEC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Consolidated Edison vs. Its Competitors
Consolidated Edison (NYSE:ED) and American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.
Consolidated Edison pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Consolidated Edison pays out 61.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Electric Power pays out 54.4% 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 52 consecutive years and American Electric Power has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Consolidated Edison is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
American Electric Power has a net margin of 17.68% compared to Consolidated Edison's net margin of 11.98%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 11.55% beat Consolidated Edison's return on equity.
Consolidated Edison has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Electric Power has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
66.3% of Consolidated Edison shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Consolidated Edison shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
American Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than Consolidated Edison. American Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Consolidated Edison, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Consolidated Edison currently has a consensus target price of $105.82, indicating a potential upside of 7.47%. American Electric Power has a consensus target price of $111.29, indicating a potential upside of 0.85%. Given Consolidated Edison's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Consolidated Edison is more favorable than American Electric Power.
In the previous week, Consolidated Edison had 9 more articles in the media than American Electric Power. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Consolidated Edison and 19 mentions for American Electric Power. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Consolidated Edison's score of 1.03 indicating that American Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
American Electric Power beats Consolidated Edison on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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This page (NYSE:ED) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
