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PCG vs. EIX, SRE, D, PEG, ED, WEC, 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), 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 "utilities" sector.

Pacific Gas & Electric vs. Its Competitors

Edison International (NYSE:EIX) and Pacific Gas & Electric (NYSE:PCG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation and dividends.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Edison International$17.60B1.21$1.55B$6.818.15
Pacific Gas & Electric$24.42B1.66$2.51B$1.0913.91

Edison International has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pacific Gas & Electric has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Edison International16.00% 11.99% 2.31%
Pacific Gas & Electric 9.95%10.13%2.17%

Edison International presently has a consensus price target of $75.21, suggesting a potential upside of 35.43%. Pacific Gas & Electric has a consensus price target of $20.55, suggesting a potential upside of 35.48%. Given Pacific Gas & Electric's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pacific Gas & Electric is more favorable than Edison International.

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
Pacific Gas & Electric
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46

Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Pacific Gas & Electric pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Edison International pays out 48.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pacific Gas & Electric pays out 9.2% 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. Edison International has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years and Pacific Gas & Electric has increased its dividend for 1 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, Pacific Gas & Electric had 9 more articles in the media than Edison International. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Pacific Gas & Electric and 20 mentions for Edison International. Edison International's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Pacific Gas & Electric's score of 1.37 indicating that Edison International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Edison International
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Pacific Gas & Electric
24 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

89.0% of Edison International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Pacific Gas & Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Edison International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Pacific Gas & Electric shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Edison International beats Pacific Gas & Electric on 12 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

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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PCG vs. The Competition

MetricPacific Gas & ElectricUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$40.58B$25.55B$16.46B$21.21B
Dividend Yield0.66%3.72%5.45%3.53%
P/E Ratio13.9119.4415.5429.10
Price / Sales1.664.19370.4954.96
Price / Cash5.559.0719.3418.24
Price / Book1.382.252.194.70
Net Income$2.51B$1.43B$751.26M$992.19M
7 Day Performance0.43%1.15%1.03%2.37%
1 Month Performance7.67%-0.41%0.69%2.18%
1 Year Performance-19.34%13.93%310.53%10.76%

Pacific Gas & Electric Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PCG
Pacific Gas & Electric
4.2376 of 5 stars
$15.17
+3.4%
$20.55
+35.5%
-19.3%$40.58B$24.42B13.9128,410Positive News
EIX
Edison International
4.997 of 5 stars
$55.77
+0.5%
$75.21
+34.9%
-34.5%$21.46B$17.54B8.1914,013Positive News
SRE
Sempra Energy
4.2428 of 5 stars
$80.76
-0.6%
$81.58
+1.0%
+1.7%$52.63B$13.34B19.4816,773Positive News
D
Dominion Energy
3.3677 of 5 stars
$60.58
-0.9%
$59.14
-2.4%
+9.7%$51.67B$14.46B20.8814,700Trending News
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.1138 of 5 stars
$84.35
-1.1%
$90.95
+7.8%
+3.2%$42.04B$10.29B21.2726,094Positive News
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.633 of 5 stars
$99.93
-0.8%
$105.82
+5.9%
+0.9%$36.02B$16.15B18.1315,097Positive News
WEC
WEC Energy Group
3.9919 of 5 stars
$106.84
-0.5%
$106.40
-0.4%
+17.0%$34.39B$8.60B20.477,017Positive News
Analyst Revision
DTE
DTE Energy
4.4245 of 5 stars
$137.68
-0.9%
$142.29
+3.3%
+13.0%$28.57B$12.46B19.809,500Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
AEE
Ameren
4.5163 of 5 stars
$100.04
-0.5%
$101.36
+1.3%
+24.2%$27.04B$7.62B21.988,981Positive News
CNP
CenterPoint Energy
3.9123 of 5 stars
$37.76
-1.0%
$37.38
-1.0%
+42.1%$24.62B$8.64B26.378,872Positive News
CMS
CMS Energy
3.7747 of 5 stars
$72.33
+0.0%
$77.25
+6.8%
+8.9%$21.63B$7.52B21.388,324News Coverage
Positive News

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