CNP vs. SRE, D, PEG, PCG, ED, WEC, DTE, AEE, CMS, and NI
Should you be buying CenterPoint Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CenterPoint Energy include Sempra (SRE), Dominion Energy (D), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), PG&E (PCG), Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), DTE Energy (DTE), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), and NiSource (NI). These companies are all part of the "multi-utilities" industry.
CenterPoint Energy vs.
CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) and Sempra (NYSE:SRE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
91.8% of CenterPoint Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Sempra shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of CenterPoint Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Sempra shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Sempra has higher revenue and earnings than CenterPoint Energy. Sempra is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CenterPoint Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sempra has a net margin of 22.63% compared to CenterPoint Energy's net margin of 11.25%. CenterPoint Energy's return on equity of 9.73% beat Sempra's return on equity.
CenterPoint Energy currently has a consensus target price of $31.65, suggesting a potential downside of 6.62%. Sempra has a consensus target price of $91.20, suggesting a potential upside of 4.69%. Given Sempra's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sempra is more favorable than CenterPoint Energy.
Sempra received 26 more outperform votes than CenterPoint Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.55% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote while only 54.97% of users gave CenterPoint Energy an outperform vote.
CenterPoint Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. CenterPoint Energy pays out 55.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sempra pays out 54.6% 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. Sempra has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Sempra is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
CenterPoint Energy has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sempra has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CenterPoint Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Sempra. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for CenterPoint Energy and 23 mentions for Sempra. Sempra's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat CenterPoint Energy's score of 0.78 indicating that Sempra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Sempra beats CenterPoint Energy on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CNP) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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