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

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

PG&E vs.

Sempra (NYSE:SRE) and PG&E (NYSE:PCG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Sempra has a net margin of 22.63% compared to PG&E's net margin of 10.27%. PG&E's return on equity of 10.94% beat Sempra's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sempra22.63% 8.06% 3.04%
PG&E 10.27%10.94%2.26%

Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. PG&E pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Sempra pays out 54.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PG&E pays out 8.7% 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. Sempra is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Sempra currently has a consensus target price of $91.20, indicating a potential upside of 4.70%. PG&E has a consensus target price of $22.23, indicating a potential upside of 39.49%. Given PG&E's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PG&E is more favorable than Sempra.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sempra
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
PG&E
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Sempra has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PG&E has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, PG&E had 9 more articles in the media than Sempra. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for PG&E and 22 mentions for Sempra. Sempra's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat PG&E's score of 0.45 indicating that Sempra is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sempra
18 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PG&E
11 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

PG&E received 395 more outperform votes than Sempra when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.49% of users gave PG&E an outperform vote while only 60.55% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SempraOutperform Votes
485
60.55%
Underperform Votes
316
39.45%
PG&EOutperform Votes
880
63.49%
Underperform Votes
506
36.51%

89.7% of Sempra shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of PG&E shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Sempra shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of PG&E shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Sempra has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PG&E. PG&E is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sempra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sempra$16.72B3.30$3.08B$4.5419.19
PG&E$24.42B1.74$2.51B$1.1513.86

Summary

Sempra beats PG&E on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PCG vs. The Competition

MetricPG&EElectric & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$42.57B$20.32B$14.28B$20.03B
Dividend Yield0.64%3.39%4.67%3.65%
P/E Ratio13.8619.7713.3734.88
Price / Sales1.744.1321.7215.60
Price / Cash5.738.3618.6120.85
Price / Book1.482.171.944.92
Net Income$2.51B$965.53M$663.56M$1.02B
7 Day Performance4.18%0.98%0.54%-1.05%
1 Month Performance-7.94%2.27%0.55%-1.39%
1 Year Performance-4.98%9.25%6.58%13.93%

PG&E Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PCG
PG&E
4.7562 of 5 stars
$15.94
+1.6%
$22.23
+39.5%
-5.0%$42.57B$24.42B13.8628,410Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
SRE
Sempra
4.3923 of 5 stars
$84.19
+0.4%
$91.20
+8.3%
+21.1%$53.32B$16.72B18.5416,835Positive News
D
Dominion Energy
3.2371 of 5 stars
$55.58
-2.0%
$56.58
+1.8%
+24.0%$46.68B$14.39B19.5017,700
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.3853 of 5 stars
$83.85
0.0%
$88.83
+5.9%
+37.1%$41.78B$11.24B20.6012,543News Coverage
Positive News
ED
Consolidated Edison
3.4572 of 5 stars
$95.01
-0.7%
$100.70
+6.0%
+10.9%$32.91B$14.66B17.8914,592Earnings Report
News Coverage
WEC
WEC Energy Group
4.1409 of 5 stars
$103.10
-0.7%
$101.88
-1.2%
+31.2%$32.62B$8.60B21.357,000Positive News
DTE
DTE Energy
4.3504 of 5 stars
$129.21
+1.1%
$136.25
+5.4%
+20.9%$26.76B$12.75B17.519,950Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
AEE
Ameren
4.2125 of 5 stars
$98.01
-0.3%
$92.00
-6.1%
+38.0%$26.16B$7.50B23.069,372Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
High Trading Volume
CNP
CenterPoint Energy
3.9411 of 5 stars
$33.45
+0.0%
$31.46
-5.9%
+21.4%$21.80B$8.70B22.158,827Earnings Report
News Coverage
CMS
CMS Energy
3.5999 of 5 stars
$68.88
-1.4%
$71.15
+3.3%
+23.8%$20.58B$7.52B20.758,356Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
NI
NiSource
4.043 of 5 stars
$39.74
+0.4%
$38.13
-4.1%
+52.7%$18.55B$5.51B24.097,411Insider Trade

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