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$52.57 +0.01 (+0.02%)
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EIX vs. ETR, PPL, ES, FE, 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), Eversource Energy (ES), FirstEnergy (FE), 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

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

Edison International has higher revenue and earnings than Entergy. 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$11.88B2.98$1.06B$3.0826.67
Edison International$17.60B1.15$1.55B$7.057.46

Entergy currently has a consensus price target of $86.25, indicating a potential upside of 5.00%. Edison International has a consensus price target of $76.82, indicating a potential upside of 46.13%. 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)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Edison International
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

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 6.3%. 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.

88.1% of Entergy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of Edison International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% 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, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Entergy had 8 more articles in the media than Edison International. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Entergy and 15 mentions for Edison International. Entergy's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Edison International's score of 1.10 indicating that Entergy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Entergy
18 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Edison International
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Edison International has a net margin of 16.84% compared to Entergy's net margin of 11.26%. Edison International's return on equity of 13.21% beat Entergy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Entergy11.26% 11.43% 2.65%
Edison International 16.84%13.21%2.53%

Entergy has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edison International has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Edison International beats Entergy on 12 of the 20 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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EIX vs. The Competition

MetricEdison InternationalUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$20.22B$24.31B$15.89B$20.73B
Dividend Yield6.30%3.71%5.58%3.72%
P/E Ratio7.4635.6120.4528.06
Price / Sales1.154.1829.0438.45
Price / Cash3.828.9919.3118.22
Price / Book1.262.232.174.61
Net Income$1.55B$1.41B$751.09M$983.39M
7 Day Performance3.20%1.89%1.18%2.79%
1 Month Performance-2.16%3.17%3.03%4.37%
1 Year Performance-27.39%23.81%16.55%15.08%

Edison International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EIX
Edison International
4.9992 of 5 stars
$52.57
+0.0%
$76.82
+46.1%
-27.4%$20.22B$17.60B7.4614,013Positive News
Options Volume
ETR
Entergy
4.345 of 5 stars
$82.53
+1.9%
$86.25
+4.5%
+55.9%$35.53B$11.88B26.7812,267Positive News
PPL
PPL
3.681 of 5 stars
$34.33
+1.6%
$36.80
+7.2%
+23.2%$25.36B$8.46B25.416,653News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ES
Eversource Energy
3.4319 of 5 stars
$63.44
+1.5%
$65.78
+3.7%
+12.7%$23.31B$11.90B27.3410,680News Coverage
Positive News
FE
FirstEnergy
4.4736 of 5 stars
$40.27
+0.9%
$45.92
+14.1%
+3.2%$23.23B$13.47B21.4112,294Trending News
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
3.2526 of 5 stars
$89.87
+1.5%
$97.00
+7.9%
+19.3%$10.72B$5.12B17.856,403News Coverage
Positive News
OGE
OGE Energy
4.0025 of 5 stars
$44.71
+1.7%
$46.80
+4.7%
+25.6%$9.00B$2.99B18.472,291Positive News
IDA
IDACORP
3.7652 of 5 stars
$115.67
+1.9%
$122.86
+6.2%
+25.8%$6.25B$1.83B20.542,141News Coverage
Positive News
POR
Portland General Electric
3.7149 of 5 stars
$41.04
+1.2%
$45.60
+11.1%
-2.8%$4.49B$3.44B14.442,915
ALE
Allete
2.7779 of 5 stars
$63.83
+0.5%
N/A+5.0%$3.70B$1.53B20.021,616News Coverage
Positive News
MGEE
MGE Energy
3.3225 of 5 stars
$90.11
+2.0%
$74.00
-17.9%
+20.2%$3.29B$676.94M25.45700News Coverage

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