PCG vs. EIX, SRE, D, PEG, ED, WEC, DTE, AEE, CNP, and CMS
Should you be buying Pacific Gas & Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pacific Gas & Electric include Edison International (EIX), Sempra Energy (SRE), 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 "utilities" sector.
Pacific Gas & Electric vs. Its Competitors
Edison International (NYSE:EIX) and Pacific Gas & Electric (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 analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Pacific Gas & Electric pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Edison International pays out 47.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pacific Gas & Electric pays out 9.2% 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. Edison International has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years and Pacific Gas & Electric has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Edison International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Pacific Gas & Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Edison International. Edison International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pacific Gas & Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Edison International currently has a consensus price target of $76.82, suggesting a potential upside of 50.77%. Pacific Gas & Electric has a consensus price target of $20.73, suggesting a potential upside of 57.08%. Given Pacific Gas & Electric's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pacific Gas & Electric is more favorable than Edison International.
In the previous week, Pacific Gas & Electric had 8 more articles in the media than Edison International. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Pacific Gas & Electric and 16 mentions for Edison International. Edison International's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Pacific Gas & Electric's score of 0.61 indicating that Edison International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Edison International has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pacific Gas & Electric has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
89.0% of Edison International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Pacific Gas & Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Edison International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Pacific Gas & Electric shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Edison International has a net margin of 16.84% compared to Pacific Gas & Electric's net margin of 9.81%. Edison International's return on equity of 13.21% beat Pacific Gas & Electric's return on equity.
Summary
Edison International beats Pacific Gas & Electric on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:PCG) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
