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ED vs. D, SRE, PCG, PEG, 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 Dominion Energy (D), Sempra (SRE), PG&E (PCG), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), 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.

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

Dominion Energy has a net margin of 16.22% compared to Consolidated Edison's net margin of 11.93%. Dominion Energy's return on equity of 8.99% beat Consolidated Edison's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dominion Energy16.22% 8.99% 2.31%
Consolidated Edison 11.93%8.62%2.76%

Dominion Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Consolidated Edison pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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. Consolidated Edison pays out 64.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Consolidated Edison has increased its dividend for 52 consecutive years.

73.0% of Dominion Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of Consolidated Edison shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Dominion Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Consolidated Edison shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Consolidated Edison has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dominion Energy received 195 more outperform votes than Consolidated Edison when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.18% of users gave Dominion Energy an outperform vote while only 40.60% of users gave Consolidated Edison an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Dominion EnergyOutperform Votes
575
52.18%
Underperform Votes
527
47.82%
Consolidated EdisonOutperform Votes
380
40.60%
Underperform Votes
556
59.40%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dominion Energy$14.46B3.32$2.12B$2.7020.84
Consolidated Edison$15.26B2.49$2.52B$5.2420.91

In the previous week, Dominion Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Consolidated Edison. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Dominion Energy and 42 mentions for Consolidated Edison. Dominion Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Consolidated Edison's score of 0.96 indicating that Dominion Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Dominion Energy
34 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Consolidated Edison
30 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Dominion Energy presently has a consensus target price of $57.58, suggesting a potential upside of 2.33%. Consolidated Edison has a consensus target price of $102.40, suggesting a potential downside of 6.55%. Given Dominion Energy's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Dominion Energy is more favorable than Consolidated Edison.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Dominion Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.08
Consolidated Edison
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

Summary

Dominion Energy and Consolidated Edison tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ED vs. The Competition

MetricConsolidated EdisonElectric & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$38.00B$21.07B$15.24B$19.64B
Dividend Yield3.15%3.22%5.66%3.77%
P/E Ratio20.9134.4815.3733.46
Price / Sales2.4911.0620.9926.71
Price / Cash8.728.4018.4317.54
Price / Book1.792.111.964.61
Net Income$2.52B$965.53M$664.08M$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.02%1.64%1.61%-0.86%
1 Month Performance8.01%16.01%3.61%-3.14%
1 Year Performance20.96%15.12%9.38%5.48%

Consolidated Edison Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.4111 of 5 stars
$109.58
-0.4%
$102.40
-6.6%
+21.9%$38.00B$15.26B20.9114,300
D
Dominion Energy
3.6943 of 5 stars
$56.06
+1.9%
$57.58
+2.7%
+14.3%$47.74B$14.46B20.7517,700Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
SRE
Sempra
4.9474 of 5 stars
$71.20
+2.1%
$81.33
+14.2%
+0.3%$46.41B$13.19B15.6915,400Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
PCG
PG&E
4.6115 of 5 stars
$17.20
+1.3%
$22.05
+28.2%
+4.2%$45.91B$24.42B14.9426,000Short Interest ↑
Positive News
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.5321 of 5 stars
$82.32
+0.8%
$89.65
+8.9%
+24.9%$41.02B$10.29B20.2112,500Insider Trade
Positive News
WEC
WEC Energy Group
3.5327 of 5 stars
$108.80
+1.2%
$101.88
-6.4%
+33.5%$34.39B$8.60B22.547,020Positive News
DTE
DTE Energy
3.9767 of 5 stars
$137.99
+1.0%
$138.58
+0.4%
+24.6%$28.63B$12.46B20.3810,200Short Interest ↑
Positive News
AEE
Ameren
3.988 of 5 stars
$100.46
+0.8%
$96.70
-3.7%
+37.4%$27.12B$7.62B22.739,240Analyst Revision
CNP
CenterPoint Energy
3.3011 of 5 stars
$36.33
+0.2%
$33.77
-7.0%
+29.5%$23.70B$8.64B22.8412,500Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
CMS
CMS Energy
4.4584 of 5 stars
$75.18
+1.3%
$75.36
+0.2%
+25.3%$22.46B$7.52B22.648,324Short Interest ↓
Positive News
NI
NiSource
4.0995 of 5 stars
$40.00
+0.2%
$39.33
-1.7%
+47.0%$18.79B$5.46B24.697,120Positive News
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This page (NYSE:ED) was last updated on 4/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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