PCG vs. EIX, SRE, D, PEG, WEC, ED, DTE, AEE, CNP, and CMS
Should you be buying Pacific Gas & Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pacific Gas & Electric include Edison International (EIX), Sempra Energy (SRE), Dominion Energy (D), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Consolidated Edison (ED), DTE Energy (DTE), Ameren (AEE), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), and CMS Energy (CMS). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Pacific Gas & Electric vs. Its Competitors
Pacific Gas & Electric (NYSE:PCG) and Edison International (NYSE:EIX) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Pacific Gas & Electric presently has a consensus target price of $20.05, suggesting a potential upside of 26.22%. Edison International has a consensus target price of $64.61, suggesting a potential upside of 16.85%. Given Pacific Gas & Electric's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Pacific Gas & Electric is more favorable than Edison International.
78.6% of Pacific Gas & Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of Edison International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Pacific Gas & Electric shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Edison International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Edison International has a net margin of 16.00% compared to Pacific Gas & Electric's net margin of 9.95%. Edison International's return on equity of 11.99% beat Pacific Gas & Electric's return on equity.
Pacific Gas & Electric has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edison International has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pacific Gas & Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Edison International. Edison International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pacific Gas & Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Edison International had 2 more articles in the media than Pacific Gas & Electric. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Edison International and 18 mentions for Pacific Gas & Electric. Edison International's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Pacific Gas & Electric's score of 0.55 indicating that Edison International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pacific Gas & Electric pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Pacific Gas & Electric pays out 9.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Edison International pays out 48.6% 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. Pacific Gas & Electric has raised its dividend for 1 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.
Summary
Edison International beats Pacific Gas & Electric on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:PCG) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
