PEG vs. SRE, D, PCG, ED, WEC, DTE, AEE, CNP, CMS, and NI
Should you be buying Public Service Enterprise Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Public Service Enterprise Group include Sempra (SRE), Dominion Energy (D), PG&E (PCG), Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), DTE Energy (DTE), Ameren (AEE), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), CMS Energy (CMS), and NiSource (NI). These companies are all part of the "multi-utilities" industry.
Public Service Enterprise Group vs.
Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:PEG) and Sempra (NYSE:SRE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.
Public Service Enterprise Group received 43 more outperform votes than Sempra when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.27% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote while only 56.66% of users gave Public Service Enterprise Group an outperform vote.
Public Service Enterprise Group presently has a consensus target price of $89.63, suggesting a potential upside of 12.84%. Sempra has a consensus target price of $80.75, suggesting a potential upside of 6.33%. Given Public Service Enterprise Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Public Service Enterprise Group is more favorable than Sempra.
73.3% of Public Service Enterprise Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Sempra shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Public Service Enterprise Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Sempra shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Public Service Enterprise Group had 9 more articles in the media than Sempra. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Public Service Enterprise Group and 9 mentions for Sempra. Sempra's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Public Service Enterprise Group's score of 1.34 indicating that Sempra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Public Service Enterprise Group pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Public Service Enterprise Group pays out 68.9% 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. Public Service Enterprise Group has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Sempra has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Sempra is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Sempra has a net margin of 22.63% compared to Public Service Enterprise Group's net margin of 19.48%. Public Service Enterprise Group's return on equity of 10.70% beat Sempra's return on equity.
Public Service Enterprise Group has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sempra has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sempra has higher revenue and earnings than Public Service Enterprise Group. Sempra 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.
Summary
Sempra beats Public Service Enterprise Group on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PEG) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
