EIX vs. SO, DUK, ETR, FE, ES, PPL, PNW, OGE, IDA, and POR
Should you be buying Edison International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Edison International include Southern (SO), Duke Energy (DUK), Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), Eversource Energy (ES), PPL (PPL), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), and Portland General Electric (POR). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.
Southern (NYSE:SO) and Edison International (NYSE:EIX) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Southern pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Southern pays out 74.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Edison International pays out 136.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Southern has increased its dividend for 24 consecutive years and Edison International has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Edison International had 12 more articles in the media than Southern. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Edison International and 17 mentions for Southern. Edison International's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Southern's score of 0.63 indicating that Southern is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Southern has higher revenue and earnings than Edison International. Southern is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Edison International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Southern currently has a consensus target price of $76.50, suggesting a potential downside of 6.91%. Edison International has a consensus target price of $77.82, suggesting a potential downside of 0.88%. Given Southern's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Edison International is more favorable than Southern.
Edison International received 222 more outperform votes than Southern when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.18% of users gave Edison International an outperform vote while only 49.86% of users gave Southern an outperform vote.
64.1% of Southern shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of Edison International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Southern shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Edison International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Southern has a net margin of 16.74% compared to Southern's net margin of 6.60%. Southern's return on equity of 13.07% beat Edison International's return on equity.
Southern has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edison International has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Southern beats Edison International on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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