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Dominion Energy (D) Competitors

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$57.80 +0.20 (+0.35%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

D vs. SRE, PCG, PEG, ED, WEC, DTE, AEE, CMS, CNP, and NI

Should you be buying Dominion Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dominion Energy include Sempra (SRE), PG&E (PCG), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), DTE Energy (DTE), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), and NiSource (NI). These companies are all part of the "multi-utilities" industry.

Dominion Energy vs.

Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) and Sempra (NYSE:SRE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Dominion Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Dominion Energy pays out 93.7% 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 pays out 54.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sempra has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years.

Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sempra has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Sempra has a net margin of 22.63% compared to Dominion Energy's net margin of 16.95%. Dominion Energy's return on equity of 8.35% beat Sempra's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dominion Energy16.95% 8.35% 2.10%
Sempra 22.63%8.06%3.04%

Sempra has higher revenue and earnings than Dominion Energy. Dominion Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sempra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dominion Energy$14.39B3.37$1.99B$2.8520.28
Sempra$16.72B3.53$3.08B$4.5420.51

In the previous week, Dominion Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Sempra. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Dominion Energy and 20 mentions for Sempra. Sempra's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Dominion Energy's score of 1.02 indicating that Sempra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Dominion Energy
16 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sempra
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Dominion Energy received 93 more outperform votes than Sempra when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.40% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote while only 52.46% of users gave Dominion Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Dominion EnergyOutperform Votes
575
52.46%
Underperform Votes
521
47.54%
SempraOutperform Votes
482
60.40%
Underperform Votes
316
39.60%

Dominion Energy presently has a consensus target price of $55.91, indicating a potential downside of 3.26%. Sempra has a consensus target price of $89.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.42%. Given Dominion Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dominion Energy is more favorable than Sempra.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Dominion Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18
Sempra
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91

73.0% of Dominion Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Sempra shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Dominion Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Sempra shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Sempra beats Dominion Energy on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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D vs. The Competition

MetricDominion EnergyElectric services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$48.55B$13.93B$12.37B$19.87B
Dividend Yield4.63%4.39%4.04%3.54%
P/E Ratio20.2816.1597.5042.87
Price / Sales3.378,690.3530.9118.11
Price / Cash9.588.8918.3917.86
Price / Book1.882.102.325.52
Net Income$1.99B$666.62M$616.62M$986.45M
7 Day Performance2.15%2.58%0.29%-0.22%
1 Month Performance-3.55%1.99%-0.07%0.12%
1 Year Performance24.50%26.43%9.10%23.71%

Dominion Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
D
Dominion Energy
3.7062 of 5 stars
$57.80
+0.3%
$55.91
-3.3%
+24.5%$48.38B$14.39B20.2817,700Positive News
SRE
Sempra
4.6824 of 5 stars
$93.12
-0.3%
$89.00
-4.4%
+28.6%$59.15B$16.72B20.5116,835Insider Trade
Positive News
PCG
PG&E
3.7689 of 5 stars
$21.10
+0.5%
$22.80
+8.1%
+19.3%$54.92B$24.43B16.4828,010
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.7537 of 5 stars
$90.49
+0.4%
$86.69
-4.2%
+41.4%$44.89B$11.24B22.2312,543Dividend Announcement
Positive News
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.6005 of 5 stars
$97.88
+0.9%
$98.35
+0.5%
+7.6%$33.59B$14.66B18.4314,592Positive News
WEC
WEC Energy Group
4.3413 of 5 stars
$99.26
+0.2%
$94.45
-4.8%
+22.1%$31.33B$8.89B24.277,000Insider Trade
Positive News
DTE
DTE Energy
4.7098 of 5 stars
$122.17
+0.4%
$131.46
+7.6%
+18.8%$25.20B$12.75B16.559,950Analyst Revision
AEE
Ameren
4.5293 of 5 stars
$92.24
+0.1%
$87.80
-4.8%
+20.1%$24.59B$7.50B21.709,372
CMS
CMS Energy
4.4801 of 5 stars
$68.52
-0.1%
$70.29
+2.6%
+19.9%$20.49B$7.46B19.588,356Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
CNP
CenterPoint Energy
4.4648 of 5 stars
$31.57
+0.5%
$30.09
-4.7%
+14.4%$20.46B$8.70B20.918,827Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
NI
NiSource
4.6497 of 5 stars
$37.30
+0.5%
$37.50
+0.5%
+43.1%$17.32B$5.51B22.617,411Positive News

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This page (NYSE:D) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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