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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

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

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

Edison International currently has a consensus price target of $76.82, indicating a potential upside of 46.13%. Entergy has a consensus price target of $86.25, indicating a potential upside of 5.00%. Given Edison International's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Edison International is more favorable than Entergy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Edison International
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53
Entergy
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

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
Edison International$17.60B1.15$1.55B$7.057.46
Entergy$11.88B2.98$1.06B$3.0826.67

89.0% 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Entergy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. 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 raised its dividend for 23 consecutive years and Entergy has raised 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.

In the previous week, Entergy had 11 more articles in the media than Edison International. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Entergy and 16 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 news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Edison International
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Entergy
22 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 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
Edison International16.84% 13.21% 2.53%
Entergy 11.26%11.43%2.65%

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$20.23B$24.28B$15.88B$20.65B
Dividend Yield6.30%3.71%5.58%3.72%
P/E Ratio7.4635.6120.4528.08
Price / Sales1.154.1829.0538.45
Price / Cash3.828.9919.3118.22
Price / Book1.262.232.174.61
Net Income$1.55B$1.41B$751.09M$983.39M
7 Day Performance1.92%0.72%0.48%2.57%
1 Month Performance-2.16%3.17%2.87%5.08%
1 Year Performance-27.39%23.81%16.75%15.10%

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%$20.23B$17.60B7.4614,013Positive News
ETR
Entergy
4.341 of 5 stars
$82.53
+1.9%
$86.25
+4.5%
+55.9%$35.53B$11.88B26.7812,267Positive News
PPL
PPL
3.6849 of 5 stars
$34.33
+1.6%
$36.80
+7.2%
+23.2%$25.36B$8.46B25.416,653
ES
Eversource Energy
3.3189 of 5 stars
$63.44
+1.5%
$65.78
+3.7%
+12.7%$23.31B$11.90B27.3410,680Positive News
FE
FirstEnergy
4.4815 of 5 stars
$40.27
+0.9%
$45.92
+14.1%
+3.2%$23.23B$13.47B21.4112,294Trending News
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
3.1116 of 5 stars
$89.87
+1.5%
$97.00
+7.9%
+19.2%$10.72B$5.12B17.856,403Positive News
OGE
OGE Energy
4.0048 of 5 stars
$44.71
+1.7%
$46.80
+4.7%
+25.5%$9.00B$2.99B18.472,291Positive News
IDA
IDACORP
3.7684 of 5 stars
$115.67
+1.9%
$122.86
+6.2%
+25.8%$6.25B$1.83B20.542,141Positive News
POR
Portland General Electric
3.7214 of 5 stars
$41.04
+1.2%
$45.60
+11.1%
-2.8%$4.49B$3.44B14.442,915
ALE
Allete
3.0312 of 5 stars
$63.83
+0.5%
N/A+4.9%$3.70B$1.53B20.021,616Positive News
MGEE
MGE Energy
3.3233 of 5 stars
$90.11
+2.0%
$74.00
-17.9%
+20.2%$3.29B$676.94M25.45700

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This page (NYSE:EIX) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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