WEC vs. PCG, SRE, D, PEG, ED, DTE, CNP, AEE, CMS, and NI
Should you be buying WEC Energy Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WEC Energy Group include PG&E (PCG), Sempra (SRE), Dominion Energy (D), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), DTE Energy (DTE), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), and NiSource (NI). These companies are all part of the "multi-utilities" industry.
WEC Energy Group (NYSE:WEC) and PG&E (NYSE:PCG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, WEC Energy Group had 2 more articles in the media than PG&E. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for WEC Energy Group and 11 mentions for PG&E. WEC Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat PG&E's score of 0.92 indicating that WEC Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
WEC Energy Group has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PG&E has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PG&E received 442 more outperform votes than WEC Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.24% of users gave PG&E an outperform vote while only 52.43% of users gave WEC Energy Group an outperform vote.
PG&E has higher revenue and earnings than WEC Energy Group. PG&E is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WEC Energy Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
77.2% of WEC Energy Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of PG&E shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of WEC Energy Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of PG&E shares are owned by 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.
WEC Energy Group currently has a consensus target price of $85.92, suggesting a potential upside of 7.61%. PG&E has a consensus target price of $19.88, suggesting a potential upside of 10.11%. Given PG&E's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PG&E is more favorable than WEC Energy Group.
WEC Energy Group has a net margin of 16.67% compared to PG&E's net margin of 10.05%. WEC Energy Group's return on equity of 13.01% beat PG&E's return on equity.
WEC Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $3.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. PG&E pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. WEC Energy Group pays out 72.9% 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.
Summary
WEC Energy Group beats PG&E on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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