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Edison International (EIX) Competitors

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$86.12 +0.48 (+0.56%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

EIX vs. SO, DUK, ETR, PPL, FE, ES, 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), Entergy (ETR), PPL (PPL), FirstEnergy (FE), Eversource Energy (ES), 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.

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

Edison International received 223 more outperform votes than Southern when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.98% of users gave Edison International an outperform vote while only 49.67% of users gave Southern an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SouthernOutperform Votes
534
49.67%
Underperform Votes
541
50.33%
Edison InternationalOutperform Votes
757
62.98%
Underperform Votes
445
37.02%

Southern currently has a consensus target price of $89.27, suggesting a potential upside of 1.47%. Edison International has a consensus target price of $88.75, suggesting a potential upside of 3.05%. Given Edison International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Edison International is more favorable than Southern.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Southern
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
Edison International
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

Southern pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Southern pays out 67.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Edison International pays out 91.5% 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 has raised its dividend for 24 consecutive years and Edison International has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years.

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
Southern17.87% 12.78% 3.25%
Edison International 8.52%13.17%2.55%

Southern has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edison International has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Southern had 5 more articles in the media than Edison International. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Southern and 19 mentions for Edison International. Southern's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Edison International's score of 1.12 indicating that Southern is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Southern
21 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Edison International
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

64.1% of Southern shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of Edison International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Southern shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Edison International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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
Southern$26.43B3.65$3.98B$4.3020.46
Edison International$16.34B2.04$1.41B$3.4125.26

Summary

Edison International beats Southern on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EIX vs. The Competition

MetricEdison InternationalElectric services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$33.16B$13.88B$13.66B$19.96B
Dividend Yield3.64%4.38%4.05%3.49%
P/E Ratio25.2613.0698.4336.42
Price / Sales2.048,424.5032.4817.94
Price / Cash6.618.8518.2921.28
Price / Book2.032.182.304.59
Net Income$1.41B$666.62M$618.52M$985.93M
7 Day Performance4.85%1.82%0.04%0.45%
1 Month Performance1.78%1.18%-1.54%1.05%
1 Year Performance31.40%28.02%9.86%24.67%

Edison International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EIX
Edison International
4.9176 of 5 stars
$86.12
+0.6%
$88.75
+3.1%
+31.1%$33.16B$16.34B25.2614,375Analyst Revision
Positive News
SO
Southern
4.4873 of 5 stars
$87.97
-0.4%
$89.27
+1.5%
+26.7%$96.39B$26.43B20.4628,100Ex-Dividend
Positive News
DUK
Duke Energy
4.5879 of 5 stars
$113.78
+0.2%
$121.85
+7.1%
+27.4%$87.74B$29.06B20.9227,037Positive News
ETR
Entergy
4.5918 of 5 stars
$150.71
+0.5%
$150.42
-0.2%
+52.3%$32.14B$12.15B18.3612,177Analyst Forecast
PPL
PPL
3.9306 of 5 stars
$34.27
+0.4%
$35.50
+3.6%
+31.0%$25.19B$8.31B30.606,629
FE
FirstEnergy
4.6619 of 5 stars
$41.73
+0.4%
$46.00
+10.2%
+11.5%$23.96B$12.87B26.9212,042Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
ES
Eversource Energy
4.6785 of 5 stars
$61.61
-0.1%
$70.46
+14.4%
+5.7%$22.60B$11.91B-39.2410,171Short Interest ↓
Positive News
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
3.6534 of 5 stars
$91.79
+0.9%
$82.04
-10.6%
+28.0%$10.34B$4.70B17.386,133Analyst Downgrade
OGE
OGE Energy
4.1176 of 5 stars
$43.11
-0.1%
$39.40
-8.6%
+24.3%$8.67B$2.67B22.342,329Positive News
IDA
IDACORP
4.7898 of 5 stars
$117.96
+0.2%
$108.83
-7.7%
+21.7%$6.27B$1.77B21.892,112
POR
Portland General Electric
3.7758 of 5 stars
$46.88
-0.1%
$48.86
+4.2%
+14.8%$4.95B$2.92B13.992,842Positive News

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This page (NYSE:EIX) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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