EIX vs. LNT, CMS, DTE, NI, OGE, PCG, PEG, PPL, SRE, and ETR
Should you be buying Edison International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Edison International include Alliant Energy (LNT), CMS Energy (CMS), DTE Energy (DTE), NiSource (NI), OGE Energy (OGE), Pacific Gas & Electric (PCG), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), PPL (PPL), Sempra Energy (SRE), and Entergy (ETR). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Edison International vs. Its Competitors
Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) and Edison International (NYSE:EIX) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of Edison International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Alliant Energy 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Alliant Energy pays out 62.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Edison International pays out 48.6% 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. Alliant Energy has raised its dividend for 22 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.
Alliant Energy currently has a consensus price target of $65.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.25%. Edison International has a consensus price target of $75.21, indicating a potential upside of 34.50%. Given Edison International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Edison International is more favorable than Alliant Energy.
Edison International has higher revenue and earnings than Alliant Energy. Edison International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alliant Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Edison International had 2 more articles in the media than Alliant Energy. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Edison International and 15 mentions for Alliant Energy. Edison International's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Alliant Energy's score of 1.39 indicating that Edison International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alliant Energy has a net margin of 20.07% compared to Edison International's net margin of 16.00%. Alliant Energy's return on equity of 12.25% beat Edison International's return on equity.
Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edison International has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Edison International beats Alliant Energy on 14 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:EIX) was last updated on 8/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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