Consolidated Edison (ED) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate D or ED?

Dominion Energy presently has a consensus price target of $57.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.33%. Consolidated Edison has a consensus price target of $101.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.67%. Given Dominion Energy's higher possible upside, 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)	10 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.09
Consolidated Edison	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of D or ED?

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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is D or ED more profitable?

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 Energy	16.22%	8.99%	2.31%
Consolidated Edison	11.93%	8.62%	2.76%

Which has more risk and volatility, D or ED?

Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Consolidated Edison has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is D or ED a better dividend stock?

Dominion Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Consolidated Edison pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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.

Which has better earnings & valuation, D or ED?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dominion Energy	$14.46B	3.16	$2.12B	$2.70	19.85
Consolidated Edison	$15.26B	2.29	$2.52B	$5.24	19.24

Does the media favor D or ED?

In the previous week, Dominion Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Consolidated Edison. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Dominion Energy and 34 mentions for Consolidated Edison. Dominion Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Consolidated Edison's score of 0.64 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	24 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Consolidated Edison	17 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer D or ED?

Dominion Energy received 195 more outperform votes than Consolidated Edison when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.37% of users gave Dominion Energy an outperform vote while only 40.69% of users gave Consolidated Edison an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dominion Energy	Outperform Votes 575 52.37%	Underperform Votes 523 47.63%
Consolidated Edison	Outperform Votes 380 40.69%	Underperform Votes 554 59.31%

Summary

Dominion Energy beats Consolidated Edison on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.