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Edison International (EIX) Competitors

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$79.52 +1.59 (+2.04%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

EIX vs. SO, DUK, PPL, FE, ES, ETR, PNW, OGE, IDA, and POR

Should you be buying Edison International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Edison International include Southern (SO), Duke Energy (DUK), PPL (PPL), FirstEnergy (FE), Eversource Energy (ES), Entergy (ETR), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), and Portland General Electric (POR). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.

Edison International vs.

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

Southern has a net margin of 17.87% compared to Edison International's net margin of 8.52%. Edison International's return on equity of 13.17% beat Southern's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Edison International8.52% 13.17% 2.55%
Southern 17.87%12.78%3.25%

Edison International has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Southern pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Edison International pays out 97.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Southern pays out 67.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Edison International has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Southern has raised its dividend for 24 consecutive years.

88.9% of Edison International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of Southern shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Edison International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Southern shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Edison International and Edison International both had 6 articles in the media. Southern's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Edison International's score of 0.32 indicating that Southern is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Edison International
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Southern
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Edison International$17.32B1.78$1.41B$3.4123.32
Southern$26.43B3.44$3.98B$4.3019.27

Edison International currently has a consensus price target of $88.58, indicating a potential upside of 11.40%. Southern has a consensus price target of $90.14, indicating a potential upside of 8.79%. Given Edison International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Edison International is more favorable than Southern.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Edison International
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58
Southern
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Edison International received 222 more outperform votes than Southern when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.87% of users gave Edison International an outperform vote while only 49.68% of users gave Southern an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Edison InternationalOutperform Votes
757
62.87%
Underperform Votes
447
37.13%
SouthernOutperform Votes
535
49.68%
Underperform Votes
542
50.32%

Summary

Edison International beats Southern on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EIX vs. The Competition

MetricEdison InternationalElectric services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$30.79B$13.89B$13.85B$19.18B
Dividend Yield3.88%4.51%4.11%3.60%
P/E Ratio23.3214.8795.3641.30
Price / Sales1.788,149.6523.3317.60
Price / Cash6.328.7318.3821.28
Price / Book1.872.122.205.32
Net Income$1.41B$666.62M$632.94M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-2.89%-1.38%-1.92%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-8.46%0.95%-2.58%-3.68%
1 Year Performance15.45%36.12%1.52%12.14%

Edison International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EIX
Edison International
4.9897 of 5 stars
$79.52
+2.0%
$88.58
+11.4%
+15.6%$30.79B$17.32B23.3214,375Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
SO
Southern
4.2648 of 5 stars
$82.94
-0.3%
$90.14
+8.7%
+18.9%$90.88B$26.43B19.3528,100Analyst Revision
Positive News
DUK
Duke Energy
4.7668 of 5 stars
$108.65
-0.2%
$122.23
+12.5%
+13.2%$83.93B$30.21B20.0027,037Analyst Revision
Positive News
PPL
PPL
3.7194 of 5 stars
$32.72
+1.3%
$34.09
+4.2%
+22.8%$24.15B$8.31B28.836,629Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
FE
FirstEnergy
4.4074 of 5 stars
$40.26
0.0%
$46.27
+14.9%
+9.9%$23.20B$12.87B25.9012,042Dividend Announcement
ES
Eversource Energy
4.6029 of 5 stars
$58.87
-1.1%
$68.38
+16.2%
-5.9%$21.57B$11.91B-37.9110,171Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
ETR
Entergy
4.7155 of 5 stars
$75.60
+1.8%
$77.40
+2.4%
+50.8%$16.21B$12.15B9.0412,177Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
3.8389 of 5 stars
$86.99
-0.6%
$84.65
-2.7%
+20.1%$9.89B$5.02B16.586,133
OGE
OGE Energy
3.76 of 5 stars
$42.27
+0.5%
$40.50
-4.2%
+17.8%$8.49B$2.67B21.922,329Analyst Revision
Positive News
IDA
IDACORP
4.4938 of 5 stars
$113.77
+0.6%
$111.00
-2.4%
+12.5%$6.06B$1.84B20.982,112Positive News
POR
Portland General Electric
3.7566 of 5 stars
$44.62
+0.3%
$49.13
+10.1%
+2.2%$4.71B$2.92B13.282,842

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This page (NYSE:EIX) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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