PG&E (PCG) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend D or PCG?

Dominion Energy presently has a consensus price target of $57.58, suggesting a potential upside of 8.94%. PG&E has a consensus price target of $22.05, suggesting a potential upside of 29.37%. Given PG&E's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PG&E is more favorable than Dominion Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dominion Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.08
PG&E	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media refer more to D or PCG?

In the previous week, Dominion Energy and Dominion Energy both had 40 articles in the media. Dominion Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat PG&E's score of 0.60 indicating that Dominion Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dominion Energy	26 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PG&E	14 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, D or PCG?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dominion Energy	$14.46B	3.11	$2.12B	$2.70	19.58
PG&E	$24.42B	1.86	$2.51B	$1.15	14.82

Is D or PCG a better dividend stock?

Dominion Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. PG&E pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. 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. PG&E pays out 8.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk & volatility, D or PCG?

Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PG&E has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is D or PCG more profitable?

Dominion Energy has a net margin of 16.22% compared to PG&E's net margin of 10.27%. PG&E's return on equity of 10.94% beat Dominion Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dominion Energy	16.22%	8.99%	2.31%
PG&E	10.27%	10.94%	2.26%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of D or PCG?

73.0% of Dominion Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of PG&E shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Dominion Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of PG&E shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in D or PCG?

PG&E received 305 more outperform votes than Dominion Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.40% of users gave PG&E an outperform vote while only 52.23% of users gave Dominion Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dominion Energy	Outperform Votes 575 52.23%	Underperform Votes 526 47.77%
PG&E	Outperform Votes 880 63.40%	Underperform Votes 508 36.60%

Summary

PG&E beats Dominion Energy on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.