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
American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) and Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:PEG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of Public Service Enterprise Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Public Service Enterprise Group 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 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.
American Electric Power presently has a consensus price target of $111.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.15%. Public Service Enterprise Group has a consensus price target of $91.55, suggesting a potential upside of 12.23%. Given Public Service Enterprise Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Public Service Enterprise Group is more favorable than American Electric Power.
American Electric Power has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Public Service Enterprise Group has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% 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.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 16 more articles in the media than Public Service Enterprise Group. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for American Electric Power and 17 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 1.12 indicating that Public Service Enterprise Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. American Electric Power pays out 54.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Public Service Enterprise Group pays out 63.6% 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. American Electric Power has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Public Service Enterprise Group has increased its dividend for 14 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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This page (NYSE:PEG) was last updated on 9/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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