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NI vs. D, PCG, SRE, PEG, ED, WEC, DTE, AEE, CNP, and CMS

Should you be buying NiSource stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NiSource include Dominion Energy (D), PG&E (PCG), Sempra (SRE), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), DTE Energy (DTE), Ameren (AEE), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), and CMS Energy (CMS). These companies are all part of the "multi-utilities" industry.

NiSource vs.

Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) and NiSource (NYSE:NI) 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, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Dominion Energy received 143 more outperform votes than NiSource when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.03% of users gave NiSource an outperform vote while only 52.13% of users gave Dominion Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Dominion EnergyOutperform Votes
575
52.13%
Underperform Votes
528
47.87%
NiSourceOutperform Votes
432
55.03%
Underperform Votes
353
44.97%

Dominion Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. NiSource pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. 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. NiSource pays out 69.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NiSource has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Dominion Energy has a net margin of 16.22% compared to NiSource's net margin of 13.94%. Dominion Energy's return on equity of 8.99% beat NiSource's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dominion Energy16.22% 8.99% 2.31%
NiSource 13.94%7.87%2.62%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dominion Energy$14.46B3.19$2.12B$2.7020.04
NiSource$5.46B3.38$760.40M$1.6224.20

Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NiSource has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dominion Energy currently has a consensus price target of $57.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.36%. NiSource has a consensus price target of $39.33, suggesting a potential upside of 0.31%. Given Dominion Energy's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Dominion Energy is more favorable than NiSource.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Dominion Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
NiSource
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

73.0% of Dominion Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of NiSource shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Dominion Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of NiSource shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Dominion Energy had 8 more articles in the media than NiSource. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Dominion Energy and 15 mentions for NiSource. NiSource's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Dominion Energy's score of 1.37 indicating that NiSource is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Dominion Energy
16 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
NiSource
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

Dominion Energy beats NiSource on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NI vs. The Competition

MetricNiSourceElectric & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$18.45B$21.19B$15.35B$18.51B
Dividend Yield2.95%3.24%5.92%4.25%
P/E Ratio24.2033.2515.2331.06
Price / Sales3.389.2521.2126.47
Price / Cash10.028.4018.4317.54
Price / Book1.732.101.954.29
Net Income$760.40M$965.53M$664.08M$1.02B
7 Day Performance5.66%3.56%4.15%6.63%
1 Month Performance-0.69%14.05%1.29%-6.86%
1 Year Performance46.20%19.07%10.45%1.19%

NiSource Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NI
NiSource
3.7152 of 5 stars
$39.45
+0.5%
$39.33
-0.3%
+44.8%$18.56B$5.46B24.357,120Positive News
D
Dominion Energy
3.0778 of 5 stars
$50.81
-3.6%
$57.58
+13.3%
+10.6%$43.30B$14.46B18.8217,700Positive News
PCG
PG&E
4.6228 of 5 stars
$16.06
-2.3%
$22.05
+37.2%
+2.9%$42.91B$24.42B13.9726,000Analyst Forecast
SRE
Sempra
4.7722 of 5 stars
$63.89
-3.0%
$81.33
+27.3%
+1.5%$41.65B$13.19B14.0715,400Analyst Forecast
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.3811 of 5 stars
$77.03
-0.9%
$89.65
+16.4%
+27.1%$38.40B$10.29B18.9312,500Positive News
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.1594 of 5 stars
$105.35
-3.6%
$102.40
-2.8%
+26.5%$37.95B$15.26B20.1114,300Positive News
WEC
WEC Energy Group
3.3238 of 5 stars
$103.11
-1.2%
$101.88
-1.2%
+37.3%$32.90B$8.60B21.357,020Positive News
DTE
DTE Energy
4.1385 of 5 stars
$127.91
-3.0%
$138.58
+8.3%
+25.3%$26.54B$12.46B18.8910,200Short Interest ↓
Positive News
AEE
Ameren
4.2718 of 5 stars
$94.30
-1.6%
$96.70
+2.5%
+37.8%$25.45B$7.62B21.339,240Short Interest ↓
CNP
CenterPoint Energy
3.1605 of 5 stars
$35.57
-1.4%
$34.46
-3.1%
+35.5%$23.22B$8.64B22.3712,500Positive News
High Trading Volume
CMS
CMS Energy
4.1287 of 5 stars
$70.98
-2.3%
$75.36
+6.2%
+27.5%$21.21B$7.52B21.389,070Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
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This page (NYSE:NI) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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