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PEG vs. AEP, LNT, AEE, CMS, DTE, ED, ETR, NI, OGE, and SRE

Should you be buying Public Service Enterprise Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Public Service Enterprise Group include American Electric Power (AEP), Alliant Energy (LNT), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), DTE Energy (DTE), Consolidated Edison (ED), Entergy (ETR), NiSource (NI), OGE Energy (OGE), and Sempra Energy (SRE). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

Public Service Enterprise Group vs. Its Competitors

Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:PEG) and American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Public Service Enterprise Group has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Electric Power has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

American Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than Public Service Enterprise Group. American Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Public Service Enterprise Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Public Service Enterprise Group$10.29B4.02$1.77B$3.9620.95
American Electric Power$19.72B3.05$2.97B$6.8416.44

Public Service Enterprise Group presently has a consensus target price of $90.95, suggesting a potential upside of 9.65%. American Electric Power has a consensus target price of $111.29, suggesting a potential downside of 1.02%. Given Public Service Enterprise Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Public Service Enterprise Group is more favorable than American Electric Power.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Public Service Enterprise Group
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55
American Electric Power
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

73.3% of Public Service Enterprise Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Public Service Enterprise Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Public Service Enterprise Group has a net margin of 17.78% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 17.68%. Public Service Enterprise Group's return on equity of 12.08% beat American Electric Power's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Public Service Enterprise Group17.78% 12.08% 3.58%
American Electric Power 17.68%11.55%3.11%

In the previous week, American Electric Power had 11 more articles in the media than Public Service Enterprise Group. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for American Electric Power and 22 mentions for Public Service Enterprise Group. Public Service Enterprise Group's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat American Electric Power's score of 1.50 indicating that Public Service Enterprise Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Public Service Enterprise Group
20 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
American Electric Power
27 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Public Service Enterprise Group pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Public Service Enterprise Group pays out 63.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Electric Power pays out 54.4% 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. Public Service Enterprise Group has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and American Electric Power has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. American Electric Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Public Service Enterprise Group beats American Electric Power 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

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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PEG vs. The Competition

MetricPublic Service Enterprise GroupUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$41.40B$25.19B$16.28B$21.26B
Dividend Yield3.02%3.76%5.49%3.53%
P/E Ratio20.9519.2915.3929.25
Price / Sales4.024.19327.9352.87
Price / Cash12.468.9019.1323.64
Price / Book2.482.402.175.38
Net Income$1.77B$1.43B$751.26M$996.59M
7 Day Performance-0.34%0.49%0.13%3.02%
1 Month Performance-4.68%-0.04%0.39%2.91%
1 Year Performance3.00%13.88%293.26%12.67%

Public Service Enterprise Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.2245 of 5 stars
$82.75
-0.1%
$90.95
+9.9%
+2.9%$41.30B$10.29B20.9026,094Positive News
AEP
American Electric Power
4.2697 of 5 stars
$113.00
-0.9%
$111.29
-1.5%
+14.6%$60.43B$19.72B16.5216,330Positive News
LNT
Alliant Energy
3.8938 of 5 stars
$66.18
-1.2%
$65.50
-1.0%
+14.3%$17.01B$3.98B20.432,998Positive News
AEE
Ameren
4.6027 of 5 stars
$100.89
-1.0%
$101.36
+0.5%
+23.6%$27.28B$7.62B22.178,981Positive News
Insider Trade
CMS
CMS Energy
3.7782 of 5 stars
$72.24
-1.2%
$77.25
+6.9%
+7.1%$21.62B$7.52B21.378,324Positive News
DTE
DTE Energy
4.2371 of 5 stars
$138.49
-1.0%
$142.43
+2.8%
+11.8%$28.75B$12.46B19.939,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.6229 of 5 stars
$99.99
-1.6%
$105.82
+5.8%
+0.5%$36.06B$15.26B18.1515,097Positive News
ETR
Entergy
4.8239 of 5 stars
$89.23
-0.1%
$88.14
-1.2%
+50.4%$39.83B$12.31B22.2212,267Positive News
NI
NiSource
4.1207 of 5 stars
$42.69
-0.6%
$42.56
-0.3%
+29.8%$20.10B$6.13B22.717,746News Coverage
Positive News
OGE
OGE Energy
4.0682 of 5 stars
$45.19
-0.8%
$46.80
+3.6%
+15.3%$9.10B$2.99B18.522,291Positive News
Analyst Revision
SRE
Sempra Energy
4.2963 of 5 stars
$81.80
-1.3%
$81.58
-0.3%
+0.8%$53.37B$13.19B19.7616,773Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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