PEG vs. PCG, SRE, D, ED, WEC, DTE, AEE, CNP, CMS, and NI
Should you be buying Public Service Enterprise Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Public Service Enterprise Group include PG&E (PCG), Sempra (SRE), Dominion Energy (D), Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), DTE Energy (DTE), Ameren (AEE), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), CMS Energy (CMS), and NiSource (NI). These companies are all part of the "multi-utilities" industry.
Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:PEG) and PG&E (NYSE:PCG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.
Public Service Enterprise Group pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. PG&E pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Public Service Enterprise Group pays out 66.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PG&E pays out 3.6% 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.
Public Service Enterprise Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PG&E. PG&E 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.
Public Service Enterprise Group has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PG&E has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Public Service Enterprise Group presently has a consensus target price of $68.92, suggesting a potential downside of 9.02%. PG&E has a consensus target price of $19.75, suggesting a potential upside of 6.53%. Given PG&E's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PG&E is more favorable than Public Service Enterprise Group.
Public Service Enterprise Group has a net margin of 17.65% compared to PG&E's net margin of 10.05%. PG&E's return on equity of 11.32% beat Public Service Enterprise Group's return on equity.
73.3% of Public Service Enterprise Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of PG&E shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Public Service Enterprise Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of PG&E shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, PG&E had 3 more articles in the media than Public Service Enterprise Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for PG&E and 11 mentions for Public Service Enterprise Group. PG&E's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Public Service Enterprise Group's score of 0.54 indicating that PG&E is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PG&E received 346 more outperform votes than Public Service Enterprise Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.22% of users gave PG&E an outperform vote while only 56.78% of users gave Public Service Enterprise Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Public Service Enterprise Group and PG&E tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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