D vs. AEP, LNT, AEE, CMS, DUK, ENB, ES, SO, WEC, and SRE
Should you be buying Dominion Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dominion Energy include American Electric Power (AEP), Alliant Energy (LNT), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), Duke Energy (DUK), Enbridge (ENB), Eversource Energy (ES), Southern (SO), WEC Energy Group (WEC), and Sempra Energy (SRE).
Dominion Energy vs. Its Competitors
American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) and Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.0% of Dominion Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Dominion Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Dominion Energy had 4 more articles in the media than American Electric Power. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Dominion Energy and 24 mentions for American Electric Power. Dominion Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat American Electric Power's score of 1.25 indicating that Dominion Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Electric Power has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than Dominion Energy. American Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dominion Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Electric Power currently has a consensus price target of $108.31, suggesting a potential upside of 4.74%. Dominion Energy has a consensus price target of $58.38, suggesting a potential upside of 2.46%. Given American Electric Power's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Electric Power is more favorable than Dominion Energy.
Dominion Energy has a net margin of 15.55% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 13.73%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 11.68% beat Dominion Energy's return on equity.
American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Dominion Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. American Electric Power pays out 71.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dominion Energy pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Electric Power has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
Summary
American Electric Power beats Dominion Energy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:D) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
