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EIX vs. LNT, CMS, DTE, OGE, PCG, PEG, PPL, SRE, WEC, 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), OGE Energy (OGE), Pacific Gas & Electric (PCG), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), PPL (PPL), Sempra Energy (SRE), WEC Energy Group (WEC), and Entergy (ETR). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

Edison International vs. Its Competitors

Edison International (NYSE:EIX) and Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Edison International presently has a consensus price target of $68.15, indicating a potential upside of 25.24%. Alliant Energy has a consensus price target of $65.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.22%. Given Edison International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Edison International is more favorable than Alliant Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Edison International
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
Alliant Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30

Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Edison International pays out 48.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliant Energy pays out 62.7% 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. Edison International has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years and Alliant Energy has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Edison International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

89.0% of Edison International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Edison International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Edison International16.00% 11.99% 2.31%
Alliant Energy 20.07%12.25%3.75%

In the previous week, Edison International had 11 more articles in the media than Alliant Energy. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Edison International and 8 mentions for Alliant Energy. Alliant Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Edison International's score of 0.70 indicating that Alliant Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Edison International
9 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alliant Energy
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Edison International$17.60B1.19$1.55B$6.817.99
Alliant Energy$3.98B4.28$690M$3.2420.47

Edison International has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Edison International beats Alliant Energy on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EIX vs. The Competition

MetricEdison InternationalUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$20.94B$25.89B$16.57B$21.67B
Dividend Yield5.99%3.51%4.66%3.56%
P/E Ratio7.9919.8752.2329.69
Price / Sales1.194.3829.5865.35
Price / Cash4.029.1519.1924.87
Price / Book1.312.332.234.60
Net Income$1.55B$1.43B$748.44M$1.00B
7 Day Performance0.68%2.68%1.48%1.74%
1 Month Performance-2.40%5.34%3.55%3.74%
1 Year Performance-37.80%11.92%98.13%13.34%

Edison International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EIX
Edison International
4.9915 of 5 stars
$54.42
-3.3%
$68.15
+25.2%
-35.8%$20.94B$17.60B7.9914,013Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
LNT
Alliant Energy
3.9989 of 5 stars
$66.68
+0.9%
$65.50
-1.8%
+10.0%$17.15B$3.98B20.592,998Positive News
CMS
CMS Energy
4.2455 of 5 stars
$72.64
+1.1%
$77.25
+6.3%
+1.8%$21.73B$7.52B21.488,324
DTE
DTE Energy
4.2394 of 5 stars
$140.53
+0.9%
$144.00
+2.5%
+8.9%$29.16B$12.46B20.219,500
OGE
OGE Energy
3.9915 of 5 stars
$45.78
+0.1%
$47.00
+2.7%
+11.3%$9.22B$2.99B18.762,291
PCG
Pacific Gas & Electric
4.1675 of 5 stars
$15.12
+1.0%
$20.15
+33.3%
-21.1%$40.47B$24.42B13.8828,410Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.8143 of 5 stars
$82.56
+0.3%
$91.85
+11.3%
-9.1%$41.21B$10.29B20.8526,094Positive News
PPL
PPL
3.6107 of 5 stars
$36.91
+0.5%
$36.78
-0.3%
+10.1%$27.30B$8.46B27.556,653
SRE
Sempra Energy
4.6389 of 5 stars
$89.18
+0.7%
$84.55
-5.2%
+6.3%$58.19B$13.19B21.5416,773Positive News
Insider Trade
Options Volume
WEC
WEC Energy Group
3.7736 of 5 stars
$113.67
+0.7%
$106.89
-6.0%
+16.8%$36.59B$8.60B21.787,017Positive News
ETR
Entergy
4.4537 of 5 stars
$93.43
+1.3%
$89.80
-3.9%
+40.6%$41.72B$11.88B23.2712,267Positive News

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This page (NYSE:EIX) was last updated on 10/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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