ED vs. SRE, D, PCG, PEG, WEC, DTE, AEE, CNP, CMS, and NI
Should you be buying Consolidated Edison stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Consolidated Edison include Sempra (SRE), Dominion Energy (D), PG&E (PCG), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), WEC Energy Group (WEC), DTE Energy (DTE), Ameren (AEE), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), CMS Energy (CMS), and NiSource (NI). These companies are all part of the "multi-utilities" industry.
Consolidated Edison vs.
Sempra (NYSE:SRE) and Consolidated Edison (NYSE:ED) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Sempra has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Consolidated Edison has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Consolidated Edison had 14 more articles in the media than Sempra. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Consolidated Edison and 17 mentions for Sempra. Sempra's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Consolidated Edison's score of 1.09 indicating that Sempra is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Sempra received 112 more outperform votes than Consolidated Edison when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.34% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote while only 40.36% of users gave Consolidated Edison an outperform vote.
89.7% of Sempra shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of Consolidated Edison shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Sempra shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Consolidated Edison shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sempra currently has a consensus target price of $80.77, indicating a potential upside of 5.32%. Consolidated Edison has a consensus target price of $104.27, indicating a potential upside of 0.91%. Given Sempra's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sempra is more favorable than Consolidated Edison.
Summary
Sempra beats Consolidated Edison on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ED) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
