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 better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
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 52.18% of users gave Dominion Energy an outperform vote.
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.
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 2.8%. 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.
73.0% of Dominion Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of NiSource shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Dominion Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of NiSource shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NiSource has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dominion Energy currently has a consensus price target of $57.58, indicating a potential upside of 5.75%. NiSource has a consensus price target of $39.33, indicating a potential downside of 1.07%. Given Dominion Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Dominion Energy is more favorable than NiSource.
In the previous week, Dominion Energy had 16 more articles in the media than NiSource. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Dominion Energy and 25 mentions for NiSource. NiSource's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Dominion Energy's score of 1.10 indicating that NiSource is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Dominion Energy beats NiSource on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NI) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
