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NYSE:SRE

Sempra Energy - SRE Competitors

$142.78
+3.09 (+2.21%)
(As of 03/24/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$139.55
$142.93
50-Day Range
$139.69
$161.83
52-Week Range
$136.54
$176.47
Volume
1.18 million shs
Average Volume
1.38 million shs
Market Capitalization
$44.91 billion
P/E Ratio
21.57
Dividend Yield
3.33%
Price Target
$168.80

SRE vs. AEP, D, NGG, BCE, EXC, PCG, XEL, ED, CHT, and WEC

Should you be buying Sempra Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sempra Energy include American Electric Power (AEP), Dominion Energy (D), National Grid (NGG), BCE (BCE), Exelon (EXC), PG&E (PCG), Xcel Energy (XEL), Consolidated Edison (ED), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), and WEC Energy Group (WEC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

Sempra Energy vs.

Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) and American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Sempra Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Sempra Energy pays out 71.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Electric Power pays out 73.6% 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.

Sempra Energy has a net margin of 14.74% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 11.77%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 10.75% beat Sempra Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sempra Energy 14.74% 10.53% 3.86%
American Electric Power 11.77% 10.75% 2.85%

Sempra Energy presently has a consensus price target of $168.80, indicating a potential upside of 18.22%. American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $100.33, indicating a potential upside of 12.62%. Given Sempra Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sempra Energy is more favorable than American Electric Power.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sempra Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
American Electric Power
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sempra Energy$14.44 billion3.11$2.14 billion$6.6221.57
American Electric Power$19.64 billion2.33$2.31 billion$4.5119.75

In the previous week, American Electric Power had 3 more articles in the media than Sempra Energy. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for American Electric Power and 18 mentions for Sempra Energy. Sempra Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat American Electric Power's score of 0.32 indicating that Sempra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sempra Energy
8 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American Electric Power
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

84.8% of Sempra Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Sempra Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Sempra Energy received 400 more outperform votes than American Electric Power when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.37% of users gave American Electric Power an outperform vote while only 61.51% of users gave Sempra Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sempra EnergyOutperform Votes
457
61.51%
Underperform Votes
286
38.49%
American Electric PowerOutperform Votes
57
70.37%
Underperform Votes
24
29.63%

Sempra Energy has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Electric Power has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sempra Energy beats American Electric Power on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SRE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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SRE vs. The Competition

MetricSempra EnergyGas & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$44.91B$9.64B$13.19B$14.09B
Dividend Yield3.27%3.12%3.74%3.84%
P/E Ratio21.5723.30105.2921.49
Price / Sales3.113.141,131.8810.38
Price / Cash9.1913.4825.0024.58
Price / Book1.582.871.826.79
Net Income$2.14B$548.74M$334.34M$870.97M
7 Day Performance-1.76%-5.93%0.64%0.71%
1 Month Performance-8.05%-13.54%-2.61%-7.20%
1 Year Performance-10.12%-20.00%-7.29%-15.15%

Sempra Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEP
American Electric Power
2.8276 of 5 stars
$86.85
-2.3%
$100.33
+15.5%
-11.0%$44.68B$19.64B19.2616,974Analyst Report
Insider Selling
D
Dominion Energy
2.7687 of 5 stars
$53.21
-1.6%
$66.08
+24.2%
-36.0%$44.44B$17.17B48.8217,200Analyst Report
NGG
National Grid
1.7813 of 5 stars
$63.72
-0.3%
N/A-12.5%$46.85B$20.95B0.0030,756
BCE
BCE
2.075 of 5 stars
$43.83
-0.7%
$63.18
+44.1%
-18.4%$39.97B$18.59B18.9744,610
EXC
Exelon
2.4228 of 5 stars
$39.68
-2.5%
$46.64
+17.5%
-10.3%$39.45B$19.08B18.1219,063Analyst Report
PCG
PG&E
2.56 of 5 stars
$15.54
-2.7%
$17.78
+14.4%
+32.0%$38.32B$21.68B18.5026,010Options Volume
XEL
Xcel Energy
2.2702 of 5 stars
$64.15
-2.1%
$70.10
+9.3%
-8.6%$35.27B$15.31B20.2411,982Analyst Report
ED
Consolidated Edison
2.643 of 5 stars
$92.10
-1.2%
$88.75
-3.6%
+2.0%$32.70B$15.67B19.7214,319Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
CHT
Chunghwa Telecom
0 of 5 stars
$38.97
+0.8%
N/A-10.5%$30.23B$7.28B24.6631,812
WEC
WEC Energy Group
1.9473 of 5 stars
$90.63
-1.4%
$98.78
+9.0%
-5.8%$28.59B$9.60B20.327,022News Coverage
This page (NYSE:SRE) was last updated on 3/24/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff