SRE vs. AEP, PCG, D, NGG, EXC, PEG, BCE, ED, CHT, and XEL
Should you be buying Sempra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sempra include American Electric Power (AEP), PG&E (PCG), Dominion Energy (D), National Grid (NGG), Exelon (EXC), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), BCE (BCE), Consolidated Edison (ED), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), and Xcel Energy (XEL). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) and Sempra (NYSE:SRE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.
Sempra has a net margin of 18.26% compared to Sempra's net margin of 11.64%. Sempra's return on equity of 11.04% beat American Electric Power's return on equity.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 3 more articles in the media than Sempra. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for American Electric Power and 9 mentions for Sempra. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Sempra's score of 0.49 indicating that Sempra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sempra received 397 more outperform votes than American Electric Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.97% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote while only 55.81% of users gave American Electric Power an outperform vote.
75.2% of American Electric Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Sempra shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Sempra shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
American Electric Power has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sempra has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American Electric Power currently has a consensus target price of $87.08, indicating a potential upside of 1.13%. Sempra has a consensus target price of $82.14, indicating a potential upside of 14.35%. Given American Electric Power's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sempra is more favorable than American Electric Power.
American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. American Electric Power pays out 82.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sempra pays out 51.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Electric Power has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Sempra has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years.
Sempra has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American Electric Power. Sempra is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Electric Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Sempra beats American Electric Power on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Sempra News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SRE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
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.
Skip ChartThis 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.
Skip Chart
Related Companies and Tools