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Consolidated Edison (ED) Competitors

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$97.88 +0.91 (+0.94%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

ED vs. SRE, PCG, D, 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 Sempra (SRE), PG&E (PCG), Dominion Energy (D), 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.

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

Sempra received 102 more outperform votes than Consolidated Edison when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.40% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote while only 41.04% of users gave Consolidated Edison an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Consolidated EdisonOutperform Votes
380
41.04%
Underperform Votes
546
58.96%
SempraOutperform Votes
482
60.40%
Underperform Votes
316
39.60%

Consolidated Edison pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Consolidated Edison pays out 62.5% 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 51 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 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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Consolidated Edison12.27% 8.70% 2.78%
Sempra 22.63%8.06%3.04%

Consolidated Edison currently has a consensus target price of $98.35, suggesting a potential upside of 0.48%. Sempra has a consensus target price of $89.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.42%. Given Consolidated Edison's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Consolidated Edison is more favorable than Sempra.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Consolidated Edison
4 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13
Sempra
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91

66.3% of Consolidated Edison shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Sempra shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Consolidated Edison shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Sempra shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Sempra had 8 more articles in the media than Consolidated Edison. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Sempra and 12 mentions for Consolidated Edison. Sempra's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Consolidated Edison's score of 1.14 indicating that Sempra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Consolidated Edison
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Consolidated Edison$14.66B2.31$2.52B$5.3118.43
Sempra$16.72B3.53$3.08B$4.5420.51

Consolidated Edison has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sempra has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% 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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ED vs. The Competition

MetricConsolidated EdisonElectric & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$33.91B$20.89B$12.38B$19.88B
Dividend Yield3.44%3.45%4.04%3.52%
P/E Ratio18.4320.3497.4842.94
Price / Sales2.312.2930.7619.18
Price / Cash8.788.6918.3917.86
Price / Book1.601.832.325.52
Net Income$2.52B$896.09M$616.62M$986.45M
7 Day Performance2.76%-0.89%-0.04%0.45%
1 Month Performance-7.89%-3.92%-1.64%1.05%
1 Year Performance8.17%7.47%9.86%24.67%

Consolidated Edison Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.6005 of 5 stars
$97.88
+0.9%
$98.35
+0.5%
+7.6%$33.59B$15.03B18.4314,592Positive News
SRE
Sempra
4.6778 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
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
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.7518 of 5 stars
$90.49
+0.4%
$86.69
-4.2%
+41.4%$44.89B$11.24B22.2312,543Dividend Announcement
Positive 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
4.705 of 5 stars
$122.17
+0.4%
$131.46
+7.6%
+18.8%$25.30B$12.42B16.559,950Analyst Revision
AEE
Ameren
4.5247 of 5 stars
$92.24
+0.1%
$87.80
-4.8%
+20.1%$24.59B$7.50B21.709,372
CNP
CenterPoint Energy
4.4648 of 5 stars
$31.57
+0.5%
$30.09
-4.7%
+14.4%$20.58B$8.70B20.918,827Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
CMS
CMS Energy
4.4801 of 5 stars
$68.52
-0.1%
$70.29
+2.6%
+19.9%$20.49B$7.48B19.588,356Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
Positive News
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:ED) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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