SRE vs. AEP, LNT, ATO, DTE, NI, NJR, OGE, OGS, PEG, and SWX
Should you be buying Sempra Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sempra Energy include American Electric Power (AEP), Alliant Energy (LNT), Atmos Energy (ATO), DTE Energy (DTE), NiSource (NI), NewJersey Resources (NJR), OGE Energy (OGE), ONE Gas (OGS), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), and Southwest Gas (SWX). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Sempra Energy vs. Its Competitors
Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) and American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
Sempra Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.58 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 3.4%. Sempra Energy pays out 62.3% 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. Sempra Energy has raised its dividend for 22 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 lower payout ratio.
Sempra Energy currently has a consensus target price of $83.27, suggesting a potential downside of 4.58%. American Electric Power has a consensus target price of $111.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.41%. Given American Electric Power's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Electric Power is more favorable than Sempra Energy.
Sempra Energy has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Electric Power has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Sempra Energy had 10 more articles in the media than American Electric Power. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Sempra Energy and 20 mentions for American Electric Power. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Sempra Energy's score of 1.31 indicating that American Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sempra Energy has a net margin of 20.28% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 17.68%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 11.55% beat Sempra Energy's return on equity.
89.7% of Sempra Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of American Electric Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Sempra Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
American Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than Sempra Energy. American Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sempra Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Sempra Energy 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
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This page (NYSE:SRE) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
