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. Its Competitors
Edison International (NYSE:EIX) and Entergy (NYSE:ETR) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and dividends.
Edison International has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Entergy has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Entergy has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Entergy pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Edison International pays out 47.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years and Entergy has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Edison International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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.
88.9% of Edison International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Entergy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Edison International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Entergy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Edison International received 295 more outperform votes than Entergy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.69% of users gave Edison International an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote.
Edison International currently has a consensus target price of $76.89, indicating a potential upside of 54.38%. Entergy has a consensus target price of $86.04, indicating a potential upside of 4.25%. Given Edison International's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Edison International is more favorable than Entergy.
In the previous week, Entergy had 1 more articles in the media than Edison International. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Entergy and 25 mentions for Edison International. Edison International's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Entergy's score of 0.58 indicating that Edison International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Edison International beats Entergy on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:EIX) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
