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Pinnacle West Capital (PNW) Competitors

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$84.96 +0.36 (+0.43%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

PNW vs. EIX, PPL, FE, ES, ETR, OGE, IDA, POR, ALE, and MGEE

Should you be buying Pinnacle West Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pinnacle West Capital include Edison International (EIX), PPL (PPL), FirstEnergy (FE), Eversource Energy (ES), Entergy (ETR), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR), ALLETE (ALE), and MGE Energy (MGEE). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.

Pinnacle West Capital vs.

Edison International (NYSE:EIX) and Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Pinnacle West Capital has a net margin of 12.26% compared to Edison International's net margin of 8.52%. Edison International's return on equity of 13.17% beat Pinnacle West Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Edison International8.52% 13.17% 2.55%
Pinnacle West Capital 12.26%9.60%2.43%

Edison International has higher revenue and earnings than Pinnacle West Capital. Pinnacle West Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Edison International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Edison International$17.32B1.78$1.41B$3.4123.32
Pinnacle West Capital$5.02B1.92$501.56M$5.2816.09

Edison International presently has a consensus price target of $88.58, suggesting a potential upside of 11.40%. Pinnacle West Capital has a consensus price target of $84.65, suggesting a potential downside of 0.36%. Given Edison International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Edison International is more favorable than Pinnacle West Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Edison International
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58
Pinnacle West Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46

Edison International received 368 more outperform votes than Pinnacle West Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.87% of users gave Edison International an outperform vote while only 41.69% of users gave Pinnacle West Capital an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Edison InternationalOutperform Votes
757
62.87%
Underperform Votes
447
37.13%
Pinnacle West CapitalOutperform Votes
389
41.69%
Underperform Votes
544
58.31%

88.9% of Edison International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Edison International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Edison International had 1 more articles in the media than Pinnacle West Capital. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Edison International and 5 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital. Pinnacle West Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Edison International's score of 0.32 indicating that Pinnacle West Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Edison International
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Pinnacle West Capital
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Edison International pays out 97.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 67.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Edison International has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Pinnacle West Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Edison International has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Edison International beats Pinnacle West Capital on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PNW vs. The Competition

MetricPinnacle West CapitalElectric services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.66B$13.70B$13.41B$19.18B
Dividend Yield4.16%4.48%4.09%3.58%
P/E Ratio16.0914.9094.9541.22
Price / Sales1.928,033.4629.6117.58
Price / Cash5.308.7318.4421.28
Price / Book1.532.152.215.32
Net Income$501.56M$666.62M$629.73M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-2.96%-1.61%-1.90%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-9.12%0.73%-2.54%-3.73%
1 Year Performance19.98%35.13%1.50%12.06%

Pinnacle West Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
3.8396 of 5 stars
$84.96
+0.4%
$84.65
-0.4%
+20.1%$9.66B$5.02B16.096,133
EIX
Edison International
4.9897 of 5 stars
$81.75
-0.2%
$88.75
+8.6%
+15.6%$31.65B$17.32B24.0114,375Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PPL
PPL
3.7051 of 5 stars
$32.56
+0.8%
$34.09
+4.7%
+22.8%$24.03B$8.31B28.836,629Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
FE
FirstEnergy
4.4085 of 5 stars
$40.08
-0.5%
$46.27
+15.5%
+9.9%$23.10B$12.87B25.9012,042Dividend Announcement
ES
Eversource Energy
4.5988 of 5 stars
$58.55
-1.6%
$68.38
+16.8%
-5.9%$21.45B$11.91B-37.9110,171Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
ETR
Entergy
4.7164 of 5 stars
$74.84
+0.8%
$77.40
+3.4%
+50.8%$16.05B$12.15B9.0412,177Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
OGE
OGE Energy
3.7552 of 5 stars
$42.11
+0.1%
$40.50
-3.8%
+17.8%$8.46B$2.67B21.922,329Analyst Revision
Positive News
IDA
IDACORP
4.492 of 5 stars
$113.88
+0.7%
$111.00
-2.5%
+12.5%$6.07B$1.84B20.982,112Positive News
POR
Portland General Electric
3.7539 of 5 stars
$44.60
+0.3%
$49.13
+10.1%
+2.2%$4.70B$2.92B13.282,842
ALE
ALLETE
3.7338 of 5 stars
$64.69
+0.1%
$62.00
-4.2%
+6.5%$3.74B$1.57B20.721,560Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
MGEE
MGE Energy
3.2884 of 5 stars
$96.29
-1.5%
$74.00
-23.1%
+33.6%$3.49B$670.18M29.89700News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:PNW) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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