D vs. PCG, SRE, PEG, 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 PG&E (PCG), Sempra (SRE), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), 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.
Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) and PG&E (NYSE:PCG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
PG&E has higher revenue and earnings than Dominion Energy. PG&E is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dominion Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dominion Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. PG&E pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. 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. PG&E pays out 8.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Dominion Energy has a net margin of 16.22% compared to PG&E's net margin of 10.27%. PG&E's return on equity of 10.94% beat Dominion Energy's return on equity.
Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PG&E has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dominion Energy currently has a consensus price target of $57.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.36%. PG&E has a consensus price target of $21.95, suggesting a potential upside of 28.51%. Given PG&E's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PG&E is more favorable than Dominion Energy.
In the previous week, Dominion Energy had 1 more articles in the media than PG&E. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Dominion Energy and 24 mentions for PG&E. Dominion Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat PG&E's score of 0.77 indicating that Dominion Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PG&E received 307 more outperform votes than Dominion Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.45% of users gave PG&E an outperform vote while only 52.13% of users gave Dominion Energy an outperform vote.
73.0% of Dominion Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of PG&E shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Dominion Energy 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 company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
PG&E beats Dominion Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:D) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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