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Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG) Competitors

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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 superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, American Electric Power had 11 more articles in the media than Public Service Enterprise Group. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for American Electric Power and 20 mentions for Public Service Enterprise Group. Public Service Enterprise Group's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat American Electric Power's score of 1.11 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
19 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
American Electric Power
22 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Public Service Enterprise Group presently has a consensus price target of $91.55, indicating a potential upside of 11.98%. American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $111.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.13%. Given Public Service Enterprise Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
American Electric Power
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.27

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$11.13B3.66$1.77B$3.9620.65
American Electric Power$19.72B2.90$2.97B$6.8415.66

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Public Service Enterprise Group pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. 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.

Public Service Enterprise Group has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Electric Power has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

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$40.82B$24.61B$16.23B$21.57B
Dividend Yield3.04%3.63%4.69%3.50%
P/E Ratio20.6519.2651.9830.02
Price / Sales3.664.2330.9553.21
Price / Cash12.138.9219.1424.68
Price / Book2.532.292.214.57
Net Income$1.77B$1.43B$752.30M$999.97M
7 Day Performance-0.47%1.12%0.22%0.34%
1 Month Performance-2.90%2.66%1.19%4.92%
1 Year Performance-2.95%11.22%254.38%15.13%

Public Service Enterprise Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.7485 of 5 stars
$81.76
+1.6%
$91.55
+12.0%
-5.2%$40.82B$11.13B20.6526,094Positive News
AEP
American Electric Power
4.3513 of 5 stars
$109.10
-0.3%
$111.93
+2.6%
+3.2%$58.35B$19.72B15.9516,330Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
LNT
Alliant Energy
3.9867 of 5 stars
$64.73
-0.2%
$65.50
+1.2%
+5.9%$16.63B$3.98B19.982,998Positive News
AEE
Ameren
4.6657 of 5 stars
$100.58
-0.2%
$102.80
+2.2%
+16.2%$27.20B$7.62B22.118,981Positive News
Options Volume
CMS
CMS Energy
4.2162 of 5 stars
$71.64
-0.1%
$77.25
+7.8%
+0.1%$21.44B$8.02B21.208,324Positive News
DTE
DTE Energy
4.5599 of 5 stars
$136.46
-0.3%
$144.25
+5.7%
+7.3%$28.33B$12.46B19.639,500Positive News
Ex-Dividend
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.6345 of 5 stars
$96.98
-0.6%
$105.82
+9.1%
-8.0%$34.98B$16.15B17.6015,097Positive News
ETR
Entergy
4.6915 of 5 stars
$90.32
+0.0%
$89.87
-0.5%
+36.5%$40.32B$11.88B22.5012,267Positive News
NI
NiSource
4.6486 of 5 stars
$40.58
-1.1%
$43.88
+8.1%
+15.9%$19.11B$5.46B21.587,746Positive News
OGE
OGE Energy
3.974 of 5 stars
$44.36
-0.3%
$46.80
+5.5%
+7.9%$8.93B$2.99B18.182,291Positive News
SRE
Sempra Energy
4.4434 of 5 stars
$83.44
-0.6%
$81.27
-2.6%
-1.6%$54.44B$13.34B20.1516,773Positive News
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