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Edison International (EIX) Competitors

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EIX vs. ETR, PPL, FE, ES, PNW, OGE, IDA, POR, ALE, and MGEE

Should you be buying Edison International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Edison International include Entergy (ETR), PPL (PPL), FirstEnergy (FE), Eversource Energy (ES), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR), ALLETE (ALE), and MGE Energy (MGEE). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.

Edison International vs.

Entergy (NYSE:ETR) and Edison International (NYSE:EIX) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and earnings.

Entergy pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Entergy pays out 77.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Edison International pays out 47.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Entergy has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Edison International has raised its dividend for 23 consecutive years. Edison International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Entergy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Edison International. Edison International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Entergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Entergy$11.93B2.98$2.36B$3.0826.81
Edison International$17.33B1.26$1.41B$7.058.08

Entergy has a net margin of 8.90% compared to Edison International's net margin of 8.52%. Edison International's return on equity of 13.17% beat Entergy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Entergy8.90% 10.68% 2.49%
Edison International 8.52%13.17%2.55%

Entergy currently has a consensus price target of $86.04, suggesting a potential upside of 4.19%. Edison International has a consensus price target of $76.89, suggesting a potential upside of 35.05%. Given Edison International's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Edison International is more favorable than Entergy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Entergy
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.87
Edison International
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Edison International received 295 more outperform votes than Entergy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.80% of users gave Edison International an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
EntergyOutperform Votes
473
50.00%
Underperform Votes
473
50.00%
Edison InternationalOutperform Votes
768
62.80%
Underperform Votes
455
37.20%

88.1% of Entergy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.9% of Edison International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Entergy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Edison International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Entergy had 22 more articles in the media than Edison International. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Entergy and 31 mentions for Edison International. Entergy's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Edison International's score of 0.84 indicating that Entergy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Entergy
36 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Edison International
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Entergy has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edison International has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Edison International beats Entergy on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EIX vs. The Competition

MetricEdison InternationalElectric services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$22.44B$14.98B$16.41B$19.42B
Dividend Yield5.71%5.01%5.72%3.83%
P/E Ratio16.7019.8320.3834.23
Price / Sales1.2615.9322.9834.85
Price / Cash4.0110.0718.6817.51
Price / Book1.342.362.114.69
Net Income$1.41B$690.28M$674.16M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.15%0.03%1.67%-1.74%
1 Month Performance-1.51%11.27%2.96%7.46%
1 Year Performance-24.66%41.55%7.69%3.96%

Edison International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EIX
Edison International
4.9962 of 5 stars
$56.94
-2.4%
$76.89
+35.1%
-25.8%$22.44B$17.33B16.7013,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ETR
Entergy
4.4349 of 5 stars
$81.80
-1.3%
$85.75
+4.8%
+44.6%$35.22B$11.93B33.5711,700Positive News
PPL
PPL
3.1006 of 5 stars
$34.64
-2.5%
$36.90
+6.5%
+16.0%$25.57B$8.66B28.596,530Dividend Announcement
FE
FirstEnergy
3.6142 of 5 stars
$41.71
-1.9%
$46.00
+10.3%
+4.6%$24.06B$13.95B26.8912,300Analyst Revision
ES
Eversource Energy
2.779 of 5 stars
$62.04
-1.5%
$65.78
+6.0%
+4.6%$22.78B$12.69B26.849,630News Coverage
Positive News
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
3.7119 of 5 stars
$90.26
-1.5%
$95.83
+6.2%
+15.9%$10.77B$5.21B17.0880News Coverage
Positive News
OGE
OGE Energy
3.9842 of 5 stars
$43.66
-1.6%
$46.40
+6.3%
+18.9%$8.77B$3.14B19.812,240Positive News
Dividend Announcement
IDA
IDACORP
4.6811 of 5 stars
$112.57
-2.1%
$123.57
+9.8%
+19.0%$6.08B$1.81B20.552,070Positive News
POR
Portland General Electric
3.1358 of 5 stars
$42.55
+0.3%
$45.40
+6.7%
-7.4%$4.66B$3.44B14.122,870Analyst Forecast
ALE
ALLETE
2.564 of 5 stars
$65.61
+0.2%
$67.00
+2.1%
+2.4%$3.80B$1.53B21.161,490News Coverage
Positive News
MGEE
MGE Energy
3.1575 of 5 stars
$90.41
-0.7%
$80.00
-11.5%
+10.0%$3.30B$704.58M27.65700Positive News
Dividend Announcement

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This page (NYSE:EIX) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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