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NYSE:WEC

WEC Energy Group - WEC Competitors

$90.34
-0.29 (-0.32%)
(As of 03/23/2023 10:57 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$89.47
$90.51
50-Day Range
$86.57
$96.86
52-Week Range
$80.82
$108.39
Volume
423,736 shs
Average Volume
1.36 million shs
Market Capitalization
$28.50 billion
P/E Ratio
20.26
Dividend Yield
3.45%
Price Target
$98.78

WEC vs. PEG, ED, AEE, PCG, CMS, NI, XEL, EXC, LNT, and DUK

Should you be buying WEC Energy Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WEC Energy Group include Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), Ameren (AEE), PG&E (PCG), CMS Energy (CMS), NiSource (NI), Xcel Energy (XEL), Exelon (EXC), Alliant Energy (LNT), and Duke Energy (DUK). These companies are all part of the "electric & other services combined" industry.

WEC Energy Group vs.

Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:PEG) and WEC Energy Group (NYSE:WEC) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Public Service Enterprise Group received 85 more outperform votes than WEC Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.36% of users gave Public Service Enterprise Group an outperform vote while only 54.74% of users gave WEC Energy Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Public Service Enterprise GroupOutperform Votes
495
57.36%
Underperform Votes
368
42.64%
WEC Energy GroupOutperform Votes
410
54.74%
Underperform Votes
339
45.26%

Public Service Enterprise Group has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WEC Energy Group has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

WEC Energy Group has a net margin of 14.68% compared to Public Service Enterprise Group's net margin of 10.52%. Public Service Enterprise Group's return on equity of 12.88% beat WEC Energy Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Public Service Enterprise Group 10.52% 12.88% 3.59%
WEC Energy Group 14.68% 12.24% 3.50%

WEC Energy Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Public Service Enterprise Group. WEC Energy Group 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$9.80 billion2.91$1.03 billion$2.0627.73
WEC Energy Group$9.60 billion2.98$1.41 billion$4.4620.32

Public Service Enterprise Group currently has a consensus target price of $66.56, suggesting a potential upside of 16.50%. WEC Energy Group has a consensus target price of $98.78, suggesting a potential upside of 8.99%. Given Public Service Enterprise Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Public Service Enterprise Group is more favorable than WEC Energy Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Public Service Enterprise Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
WEC Energy Group
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

70.7% of Public Service Enterprise Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.1% of WEC Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Public Service Enterprise Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of WEC Energy Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Public Service Enterprise Group pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. WEC Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Public Service Enterprise Group pays out 110.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. WEC Energy Group pays out 70.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Public Service Enterprise Group has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and WEC Energy Group has increased its dividend for 19 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Public Service Enterprise Group had 13 more articles in the media than WEC Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Public Service Enterprise Group and 9 mentions for WEC Energy Group. WEC Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Public Service Enterprise Group's score of 0.43 indicating that WEC Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Public Service Enterprise Group
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
WEC Energy Group
6 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Public Service Enterprise Group beats WEC Energy Group on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WEC 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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WEC vs. The Competition

MetricWEC Energy GroupElectric & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$29.82B$17.33B$12.92B$14.09B
Dividend Yield3.30%4.09%3.73%3.91%
P/E Ratio20.3213.25104.8219.39
Price / Sales2.982.071,100.7910.11
Price / Cash11.788.0024.9216.73
Price / Book2.472.011.846.80
Net Income$1.41B$782.99M$333.66M$871.81M
7 Day Performance-4.46%-3.79%-0.60%-1.29%
1 Month Performance-0.52%-4.90%-3.51%-8.09%
1 Year Performance-5.08%-10.08%-8.03%-14.76%

WEC Energy Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
2.4251 of 5 stars
$57.13
-2.4%
$67.20
+17.6%
-14.9%$28.49B$9.80B27.7312,525Analyst Report
ED
Consolidated Edison
2.643 of 5 stars
$92.10
-1.2%
$88.75
-3.6%
+3.1%$32.70B$15.67B19.7214,319Analyst Report
AEE
Ameren
2.2405 of 5 stars
$81.81
-2.3%
$94.90
+16.0%
-7.6%$21.44B$7.96B19.769,244Analyst Report
Options Volume
PCG
PG&E
2.56 of 5 stars
$15.54
-2.7%
$17.78
+14.4%
+33.7%$38.32B$21.68B18.5026,010
CMS
CMS Energy
2.7177 of 5 stars
$58.71
-2.1%
$67.20
+14.5%
-12.4%$17.48B$8.60B20.609,073Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
NI
NiSource
2.5414 of 5 stars
$26.37
-2.3%
$29.17
+10.6%
-12.7%$10.88B$5.85B15.517,162
XEL
Xcel Energy
2.2702 of 5 stars
$64.15
-2.1%
$70.10
+9.3%
-7.3%$35.27B$15.31B20.2411,982Analyst Report
EXC
Exelon
2.4228 of 5 stars
$39.68
-2.5%
$46.64
+17.5%
-9.1%$39.45B$19.08B18.1219,063Analyst Report
Insider Selling
News Coverage
LNT
Alliant Energy
2.3817 of 5 stars
$50.65
-2.6%
$59.50
+17.5%
-15.5%$12.72B$4.21B18.553,129Positive News
DUK
Duke Energy
2.6757 of 5 stars
$92.95
-1.9%
$106.09
+14.1%
-12.5%$71.58B$28.77B28.0027,859Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
This page (NYSE:WEC) was last updated on 3/23/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff