PCG vs. ED, PEG, WEC, AEE, CMS, EXC, XEL, DUK, LNT, and SRE
Should you be buying PG&E stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PG&E include Consolidated Edison (ED), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Duke Energy (DUK), Alliant Energy (LNT), and Sempra (SRE). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Consolidated Edison (NYSE:ED) and PG&E (NYSE:PCG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and community ranking.
Consolidated Edison pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. PG&E pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Consolidated Edison pays out 48.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PG&E pays out 4.7% 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. Consolidated Edison has increased its dividend for 50 consecutive years. Consolidated Edison is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Consolidated Edison has a net margin of 15.57% compared to Consolidated Edison's net margin of 8.13%. Consolidated Edison's return on equity of 9.21% beat PG&E's return on equity.
PG&E received 481 more outperform votes than Consolidated Edison when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.39% of users gave PG&E an outperform vote while only 41.92% of users gave Consolidated Edison an outperform vote.
PG&E has higher revenue and earnings than Consolidated Edison. Consolidated Edison is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PG&E, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Consolidated Edison currently has a consensus price target of $88.08, indicating a potential downside of 3.18%. PG&E has a consensus price target of $18.68, indicating a potential upside of 3.62%. Given Consolidated Edison's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PG&E is more favorable than Consolidated Edison.
In the previous week, Consolidated Edison and Consolidated Edison both had 10 articles in the media. Consolidated Edison's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat PG&E's score of 0.16 indicating that PG&E is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Consolidated Edison has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PG&E has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
64.5% of Consolidated Edison shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of PG&E shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Consolidated Edison shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of PG&E shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
PG&E beats Consolidated Edison on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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