ED vs. SRE, D, PEG, PCG, WEC, DTE, AEE, CNP, CMS, and NI
Should you be buying Consolidated Edison stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Consolidated Edison include Sempra (SRE), Dominion Energy (D), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), PG&E (PCG), 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.
Consolidated Edison vs.
Consolidated Edison (NYSE:ED) and Sempra (NYSE:SRE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Consolidated Edison pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Consolidated Edison pays out 64.0% 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. Consolidated Edison has increased its dividend for 52 consecutive years and Sempra has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Consolidated Edison is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Sempra has higher revenue and earnings than Consolidated Edison. Consolidated Edison is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sempra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sempra has a net margin of 22.63% compared to Consolidated Edison's net margin of 12.27%. Consolidated Edison's return on equity of 8.70% beat Sempra's return on equity.
66.3% of Consolidated Edison shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Sempra shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Consolidated Edison shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Sempra shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Consolidated Edison currently has a consensus target price of $100.70, suggesting a potential upside of 5.14%. Sempra has a consensus target price of $91.20, suggesting a potential upside of 6.04%. Given Sempra's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sempra is more favorable than Consolidated Edison.
Sempra received 105 more outperform votes than Consolidated Edison when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.55% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote while only 40.82% of users gave Consolidated Edison an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Consolidated Edison had 15 more articles in the media than Sempra. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Consolidated Edison and 23 mentions for Sempra. Sempra's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Consolidated Edison's score of 0.80 indicating that Sempra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Consolidated Edison has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sempra has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Sempra beats Consolidated Edison on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ED) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
