EIX vs. ETR, PPL, ES, FE, PNW, OGE, IDA, POR, ALE, and MGEE
Should you be buying Edison International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Edison International include Entergy (ETR), PPL (PPL), Eversource Energy (ES), FirstEnergy (FE), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR), Allete (ALE), and MGE Energy (MGEE). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.
Edison International vs. Its Competitors
Entergy (NYSE:ETR) and Edison International (NYSE:EIX) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
Edison International has higher revenue and earnings than Entergy. Edison International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Entergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Entergy presently has a consensus price target of $86.25, suggesting a potential upside of 5.00%. Edison International has a consensus price target of $76.82, suggesting a potential upside of 46.13%. Given Edison International's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Edison International is more favorable than Entergy.
Edison International has a net margin of 16.84% compared to Entergy's net margin of 11.26%. Edison International's return on equity of 13.21% beat Entergy's return on equity.
Entergy has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edison International has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
88.1% of Entergy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of Edison International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Entergy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Edison International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Entergy pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Entergy pays out 77.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Edison International pays out 47.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Entergy has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Edison International has raised its dividend for 23 consecutive years. Edison International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Entergy had 12 more articles in the media than Edison International. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Entergy and 15 mentions for Edison International. Entergy's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Edison International's score of 0.98 indicating that Entergy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Edison International beats Entergy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:EIX) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
