PEG vs. D, SRE, PCG, ED, WEC, DTE, AEE, CNP, CMS, and NI
Should you be buying Public Service Enterprise Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Public Service Enterprise Group include Dominion Energy (D), Sempra (SRE), PG&E (PCG), 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.
Public Service Enterprise Group vs.
Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) and Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:PEG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Dominion Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Public Service Enterprise Group. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Dominion Energy and 38 mentions for Public Service Enterprise Group. Dominion Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Public Service Enterprise Group's score of 0.89 indicating that Dominion Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
73.0% of Dominion Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of Public Service Enterprise Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Dominion Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Public Service Enterprise Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Public Service Enterprise Group has a net margin of 19.48% compared to Dominion Energy's net margin of 16.22%. Public Service Enterprise Group's return on equity of 10.70% beat Dominion Energy's return on equity.
Dominion Energy presently has a consensus price target of $57.58, indicating a potential upside of 8.94%. Public Service Enterprise Group has a consensus price target of $89.65, indicating a potential upside of 9.99%. Given Public Service Enterprise Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Public Service Enterprise Group is more favorable than Dominion Energy.
Public Service Enterprise Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Dominion Energy. Dominion Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Public Service Enterprise Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Public Service Enterprise Group has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dominion Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Public Service Enterprise Group pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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. Public Service Enterprise Group pays out 71.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Public Service Enterprise Group has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
Dominion Energy received 42 more outperform votes than Public Service Enterprise Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.82% of users gave Public Service Enterprise Group an outperform vote while only 52.23% of users gave Dominion Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Public Service Enterprise Group beats Dominion Energy on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PEG) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
