EIX vs. DUK, ETR, PPL, FE, ES, PNW, OGE, IDA, POR, and ALE
Should you be buying Edison International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Edison International include Duke Energy (DUK), Entergy (ETR), PPL (PPL), FirstEnergy (FE), Eversource Energy (ES), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR), and ALLETE (ALE). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.
Edison International vs.
Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) and Edison International (NYSE:EIX) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
Duke Energy presently has a consensus target price of $122.23, suggesting a potential upside of 11.79%. Edison International has a consensus target price of $83.58, suggesting a potential upside of 33.25%. Given Edison International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Edison International is more favorable than Duke Energy.
Duke Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Duke Energy pays out 76.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Duke Energy has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Duke Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Edison International. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Duke Energy and 37 mentions for Edison International. Duke Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Edison International's score of 0.00 indicating that Duke Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Duke Energy has a net margin of 14.31% compared to Edison International's net margin of 8.52%. Edison International's return on equity of 13.17% beat Duke Energy's return on equity.
65.3% of Duke Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of Edison International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Duke Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Edison International shares are held by company 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.
Edison International received 146 more outperform votes than Duke Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.83% of users gave Edison International an outperform vote while only 53.72% of users gave Duke Energy an outperform vote.
Duke Energy has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edison International has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Duke Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Edison International. Edison International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Duke Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Edison International beats Duke Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EIX) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
