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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

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

Edison International has a net margin of 16.84% compared to Pacific Gas & Electric's net margin of 9.81%. Edison International's return on equity of 13.21% beat Pacific Gas & Electric's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pacific Gas & Electric9.81% 10.35% 2.17%
Edison International 16.84%13.21%2.53%

In the previous week, Pacific Gas & Electric had 6 more articles in the media than Edison International. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Pacific Gas & Electric and 17 mentions for Edison International. Edison International's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Pacific Gas & Electric's score of 0.71 indicating that Edison International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pacific Gas & Electric
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Edison International
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Pacific Gas & Electric pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Pacific Gas & Electric pays out 9.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Edison International pays out 47.0% 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 increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Edison International has increased 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.

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
Pacific Gas & Electric$24.42B1.50$2.51B$1.0912.53
Edison International$17.60B1.11$1.55B$7.057.20

Pacific Gas & Electric currently has a consensus target price of $20.73, suggesting a potential upside of 51.74%. Edison International has a consensus target price of $76.82, suggesting a potential upside of 51.37%. Given Pacific Gas & Electric's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Pacific Gas & Electric is more favorable than Edison International.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pacific Gas & Electric
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Edison International
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

Pacific Gas & Electric has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edison International has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

78.6% of Pacific Gas & Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of Edison International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Pacific Gas & Electric shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Edison International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PCG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$36.49B$24.33B$15.71B$20.45B
Dividend Yield0.73%3.69%5.58%3.72%
P/E Ratio10.3334.8320.0927.80
Price / Sales1.503.9729.2349.81
Price / Cash4.999.0119.3118.22
Price / Book1.242.202.144.58
Net Income$2.51B$1.43B$751.09M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-3.26%-1.53%-0.51%1.31%
1 Month Performance-12.44%1.71%2.29%4.85%
1 Year Performance-20.49%22.20%16.45%14.09%

Pacific Gas & Electric Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PCG
Pacific Gas & Electric
4.842 of 5 stars
$13.66
+0.1%
$20.73
+51.7%
-20.9%$36.49B$24.42B10.3328,410
EIX
Edison International
4.9992 of 5 stars
$51.14
+0.3%
$76.82
+50.2%
-30.3%$19.68B$17.60B7.2514,013Positive News
SRE
Sempra Energy
4.4555 of 5 stars
$75.48
+0.2%
$80.83
+7.1%
-2.3%$49.21B$13.19B16.5915,400Positive News
D
Dominion Energy
3.5176 of 5 stars
$55.96
+0.2%
$58.38
+4.3%
+15.0%$47.72B$14.46B20.9617,200Positive News
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.7106 of 5 stars
$83.73
+0.3%
$89.54
+6.9%
+11.1%$41.78B$10.29B22.8812,500Analyst Upgrade
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.5702 of 5 stars
$99.63
+1.5%
$105.27
+5.7%
+11.6%$35.90B$15.26B18.4214,300
WEC
WEC Energy Group
3.7636 of 5 stars
$103.52
+0.4%
$106.33
+2.7%
+34.0%$33.04B$8.60B20.187,020Positive News
DTE
DTE Energy
4.5807 of 5 stars
$131.65
+0.0%
$140.93
+7.0%
+19.4%$27.32B$12.46B17.7910,200Positive News
AEE
Ameren
4.1035 of 5 stars
$95.35
+0.0%
$101.64
+6.6%
+36.0%$25.77B$7.62B21.149,240Positive News
CNP
CenterPoint Energy
4.0144 of 5 stars
$36.43
+0.2%
$36.04
-1.1%
+18.8%$23.78B$8.64B24.4512,500
CMS
CMS Energy
4.6725 of 5 stars
$68.84
-0.2%
$77.00
+11.9%
+18.1%$20.59B$7.52B20.438,324Positive News
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