D vs. SRE, PEG, PCG, ED, WEC, DTE, AEE, CNP, CMS, and NI
Should you be buying Dominion Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dominion Energy include Sempra (SRE), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), PG&E (PCG), 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.
Dominion Energy vs.
Sempra (NYSE:SRE) and Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Sempra has higher revenue and earnings than Dominion Energy. Sempra is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dominion Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sempra has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
89.7% of Sempra shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.0% of Dominion Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Sempra shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Dominion Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Dominion Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Sempra. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Dominion Energy and 23 mentions for Sempra. Sempra's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Dominion Energy's score of 0.85 indicating that Sempra is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Dominion Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Sempra pays out 54.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dominion Energy pays out 98.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sempra has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years.
Sempra has a net margin of 22.63% compared to Dominion Energy's net margin of 16.22%. Dominion Energy's return on equity of 8.99% beat Sempra's return on equity.
Sempra currently has a consensus target price of $91.20, suggesting a potential upside of 4.88%. Dominion Energy has a consensus target price of $56.58, suggesting a potential downside of 1.03%. Given Sempra's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Sempra is more favorable than Dominion Energy.
Dominion Energy received 90 more outperform votes than Sempra when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.55% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote while only 52.37% of users gave Dominion Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Sempra beats Dominion Energy on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:D) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
