PEG vs. SRE, PCG, D, 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), PG&E (PCG), Dominion Energy (D), 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.
Sempra (NYSE:SRE) and Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:PEG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Public Service Enterprise Group pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Sempra pays out 58.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Public Service Enterprise Group pays out 71.2% 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. Sempra has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Public Service Enterprise Group has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Sempra is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
89.7% of Sempra shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of Public Service Enterprise Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Sempra shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Public Service Enterprise Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sempra has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Public Service Enterprise Group has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Public Service Enterprise Group received 41 more outperform votes than Sempra when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.29% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote while only 56.58% of users gave Public Service Enterprise Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Public Service Enterprise Group had 7 more articles in the media than Sempra. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Public Service Enterprise Group and 21 mentions for Sempra. Sempra's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Public Service Enterprise Group's score of 1.05 indicating that Sempra is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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.
Sempra presently has a consensus price target of $80.54, suggesting a potential upside of 8.45%. Public Service Enterprise Group has a consensus price target of $89.35, suggesting a potential upside of 11.84%. Given Public Service Enterprise Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Public Service Enterprise Group is more favorable than Sempra.
Summary
Sempra beats Public Service Enterprise Group on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PEG) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
