EIX vs. ES, FE, ETR, PPL, PNW, OGE, SO, DTE, FTS, and CNP
Should you be buying Edison International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Edison International include Eversource Energy (ES), FirstEnergy (FE), Entergy (ETR), PPL (PPL), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), Southern (SO), DTE Energy (DTE), Fortis (FTS), and CenterPoint Energy (CNP). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Edison International vs.
Edison International (NYSE:EIX) and Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
In the previous week, Edison International had 1 more articles in the media than Eversource Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Edison International and 10 mentions for Eversource Energy. Eversource Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Edison International's score of 0.74 indicating that Eversource Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Eversource Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Edison International. Eversource Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Edison International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Edison International pays an annual dividend of $2.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Eversource Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Edison International pays out 184.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Eversource Energy pays out 66.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Edison International presently has a consensus target price of $69.27, suggesting a potential upside of 0.83%. Eversource Energy has a consensus target price of $88.55, suggesting a potential upside of 16.23%. Given Eversource Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Eversource Energy is more favorable than Edison International.
Eversource Energy has a net margin of 11.43% compared to Edison International's net margin of 4.48%. Edison International's return on equity of 12.05% beat Eversource Energy's return on equity.
87.2% of Edison International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.4% of Eversource Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Edison International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Eversource Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Edison International has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eversource Energy has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Edison International received 286 more outperform votes than Eversource Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.11% of users gave Edison International an outperform vote while only 49.67% of users gave Eversource Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Edison International and Eversource Energy tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EIX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Edison International Competitors List
