NI vs. SRE, D, PEG, PCG, ED, WEC, DTE, AEE, CNP, and CMS
Should you be buying NiSource stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NiSource include Sempra (SRE), Dominion Energy (D), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), PG&E (PCG), 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.
Sempra (NYSE:SRE) and NiSource (NYSE:NI) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
Sempra has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NiSource has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sempra received 55 more outperform votes than NiSource when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.55% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote while only 54.92% of users gave NiSource an outperform vote.
Sempra has higher revenue and earnings than NiSource. Sempra is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NiSource, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sempra presently has a consensus price target of $91.20, indicating a potential upside of 6.04%. NiSource has a consensus price target of $38.13, indicating a potential downside of 4.61%. Given Sempra's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sempra is more favorable than NiSource.
Sempra has a net margin of 22.63% compared to NiSource's net margin of 13.94%. Sempra's return on equity of 8.06% beat NiSource's return on equity.
In the previous week, Sempra had 10 more articles in the media than NiSource. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Sempra and 13 mentions for NiSource. Sempra's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat NiSource's score of 0.74 indicating that Sempra is being referred to more favorably in the media.
89.7% of Sempra shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of NiSource shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Sempra shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of NiSource shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. NiSource pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Sempra pays out 54.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NiSource pays out 69.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Sempra has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years and NiSource has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Sempra is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Sempra beats NiSource on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NI) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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