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$39.01 +0.51 (+1.32%)
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NI vs. SRE, D, PCG, PEG, ED, WEC, DTE, AEE, CNP, and CMS

Should you be buying NiSource stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NiSource include Sempra (SRE), Dominion Energy (D), PG&E (PCG), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), DTE Energy (DTE), Ameren (AEE), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), and CMS Energy (CMS). These companies are all part of the "multi-utilities" industry.

NiSource vs.

NiSource (NYSE:NI) and Sempra (NYSE:SRE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation.

NiSource has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sempra has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

NiSource pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. NiSource pays out 60.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sempra pays out 56.7% 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. NiSource has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Sempra has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Sempra is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, NiSource had 4 more articles in the media than Sempra. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for NiSource and 18 mentions for Sempra. Sempra's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat NiSource's score of 1.45 indicating that Sempra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NiSource
20 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sempra
16 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Sempra has higher revenue and earnings than NiSource. Sempra is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NiSource, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NiSource$5.93B3.10$760.40M$1.8521.09
Sempra$13.35B3.80$3.08B$4.5517.08

Sempra has a net margin of 22.63% compared to NiSource's net margin of 13.94%. Sempra's return on equity of 8.06% beat NiSource's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NiSource13.94% 7.87% 2.62%
Sempra 22.63%8.06%3.04%

NiSource currently has a consensus price target of $41.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.38%. Sempra has a consensus price target of $80.62, indicating a potential upside of 3.73%. Given NiSource's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe NiSource is more favorable than Sempra.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NiSource
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Sempra
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

91.6% of NiSource shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Sempra shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of NiSource shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Sempra shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Sempra received 56 more outperform votes than NiSource when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.27% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote while only 55.32% of users gave NiSource an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NiSourceOutperform Votes
437
55.32%
Underperform Votes
353
44.68%
SempraOutperform Votes
493
60.27%
Underperform Votes
325
39.73%

Summary

Sempra beats NiSource on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NI vs. The Competition

MetricNiSourceElectric & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$18.36B$20.76B$16.12B$19.26B
Dividend Yield2.83%3.19%5.71%3.85%
P/E Ratio24.0836.0820.4234.42
Price / Sales3.1016.5734.4034.89
Price / Cash10.028.4018.7117.51
Price / Book1.722.052.124.69
Net Income$760.40M$965.53M$661.92M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.20%0.31%1.49%-2.38%
1 Month Performance-1.14%2.93%3.00%4.18%
1 Year Performance39.12%13.42%9.45%4.87%

NiSource Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NI
NiSource
4.5828 of 5 stars
$39.01
+1.3%
$41.50
+6.4%
+39.1%$18.36B$5.93B24.087,120Positive News
SRE
Sempra
4.7036 of 5 stars
$78.41
+1.0%
$80.77
+3.0%
+2.5%$51.12B$13.35B17.2715,400Positive News
Analyst Forecast
D
Dominion Energy
2.8149 of 5 stars
$56.18
+0.7%
$58.75
+4.6%
+6.7%$47.91B$14.90B20.8117,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PCG
PG&E
4.1792 of 5 stars
$17.73
-0.8%
$20.71
+16.8%
-7.8%$47.44B$24.54B15.4226,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.8035 of 5 stars
$79.76
+0.6%
$88.81
+11.3%
+5.3%$39.80B$10.75B19.6012,500Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.372 of 5 stars
$105.33
+1.0%
$104.36
-0.9%
+10.2%$37.95B$15.77B20.1014,300News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
WEC
WEC Energy Group
3.5303 of 5 stars
$107.28
+0.8%
$107.13
-0.1%
+32.4%$34.24B$9.07B22.217,020News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
DTE
DTE Energy
4.4422 of 5 stars
$138.40
+0.2%
$140.31
+1.4%
+20.8%$28.72B$13.66B20.4410,200Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AEE
Ameren
4.2254 of 5 stars
$98.83
+0.8%
$101.80
+3.0%
+35.0%$26.71B$7.90B22.369,240Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CNP
CenterPoint Energy
3.6336 of 5 stars
$37.65
+0.3%
$36.04
-4.3%
+27.4%$24.58B$8.94B23.6812,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CMS
CMS Energy
4.6035 of 5 stars
$71.93
+0.6%
$77.25
+7.4%
+13.4%$21.52B$7.79B21.679,070News Coverage
Positive News
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This page (NYSE:NI) was last updated on 5/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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