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NiSource (NI) Competitors

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$37.30 +0.19 (+0.51%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

NI vs. SRE, PCG, D, 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 Sempra (SRE), PG&E (PCG), Dominion Energy (D), 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.

Sempra (NYSE:SRE) 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 dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.

Sempra has a net margin of 22.63% compared to NiSource's net margin of 14.63%. NiSource's return on equity of 8.27% beat Sempra's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sempra22.63% 8.06% 3.04%
NiSource 14.63%8.27%2.70%

Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. NiSource pays an annual dividend of $1.06 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 64.2% 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 13 consecutive years.

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

Sempra has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NiSource has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sempra$16.72B3.53$3.08B$4.5420.51
NiSource$5.51B3.16$714.30M$1.6522.61

Sempra presently has a consensus price target of $89.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.42%. NiSource has a consensus price target of $37.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.54%. Given NiSource's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NiSource is more favorable than Sempra.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sempra
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91
NiSource
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Sempra received 53 more outperform votes than NiSource when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.40% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote while only 54.86% of users gave NiSource an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SempraOutperform Votes
482
60.40%
Underperform Votes
316
39.60%
NiSourceOutperform Votes
429
54.86%
Underperform Votes
353
45.14%

In the previous week, Sempra had 10 more articles in the media than NiSource. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Sempra and 10 mentions for NiSource. NiSource's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Sempra's score of 1.17 indicating that NiSource is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sempra
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
NiSource
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Sempra beats NiSource on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NI vs. The Competition

MetricNiSourceElectric & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$17.32B$20.89B$12.22B$19.85B
Dividend Yield2.86%3.45%4.05%3.52%
P/E Ratio22.6120.34100.8242.73
Price / Sales3.162.2931.8719.27
Price / Cash9.158.6918.5917.86
Price / Book1.691.832.335.52
Net Income$714.30M$896.09M$616.62M$986.45M
7 Day Performance3.55%-0.89%0.03%0.45%
1 Month Performance6.78%-3.92%-1.57%1.05%
1 Year Performance43.41%7.47%9.88%24.67%

NiSource Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NI
NiSource
4.6497 of 5 stars
$37.30
+0.5%
$37.50
+0.5%
+43.1%$17.32B$5.51B22.617,411Positive News
SRE
Sempra
4.6778 of 5 stars
$93.12
-0.3%
$89.00
-4.4%
+28.6%$59.15B$16.72B20.5116,835Insider Trade
Positive News
PCG
PG&E
3.7689 of 5 stars
$21.10
+0.5%
$22.80
+8.1%
+19.3%$54.92B$24.43B16.4828,010
D
Dominion Energy
3.7062 of 5 stars
$57.80
+0.3%
$55.91
-3.3%
+24.5%$48.38B$14.39B20.2817,700Positive News
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.7518 of 5 stars
$90.49
+0.4%
$86.69
-4.2%
+41.4%$44.89B$11.24B22.2312,543Dividend Announcement
Positive News
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.6005 of 5 stars
$97.88
+0.9%
$98.35
+0.5%
+7.6%$33.59B$15.03B18.4314,592Positive News
WEC
WEC Energy Group
4.3413 of 5 stars
$99.26
+0.2%
$94.45
-4.8%
+22.1%$31.33B$8.89B24.277,000Insider Trade
Positive News
DTE
DTE Energy
4.705 of 5 stars
$122.17
+0.4%
$131.46
+7.6%
+18.8%$25.30B$12.42B16.559,950Analyst Revision
AEE
Ameren
4.5247 of 5 stars
$92.24
+0.1%
$87.80
-4.8%
+20.1%$24.59B$7.50B21.709,372
CNP
CenterPoint Energy
4.4648 of 5 stars
$31.57
+0.5%
$30.09
-4.7%
+14.4%$20.58B$8.70B20.918,827Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
CMS
CMS Energy
4.4801 of 5 stars
$68.52
-0.1%
$70.29
+2.6%
+19.9%$20.49B$7.48B19.588,356Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
Positive News

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