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Pinnacle West Capital (PNW) Competitors

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$91.79 +0.84 (+0.92%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

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

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

Pinnacle West Capital vs.

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

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
Pinnacle West Capital12.26% 9.60% 2.43%
Edison International 8.52%13.17%2.55%

Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 67.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Edison International pays out 91.5% 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 has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Edison International has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Pinnacle West Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Edison International had 2 more articles in the media than Pinnacle West Capital. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Edison International and 14 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital. Edison International's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Pinnacle West Capital's score of 0.54 indicating that Edison International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pinnacle West Capital
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Edison International
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Edison International received 369 more outperform votes than Pinnacle West Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.98% of users gave Edison International an outperform vote while only 41.72% of users gave Pinnacle West Capital an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Pinnacle West CapitalOutperform Votes
388
41.72%
Underperform Votes
542
58.28%
Edison InternationalOutperform Votes
757
62.98%
Underperform Votes
445
37.02%

Pinnacle West Capital presently has a consensus price target of $82.04, suggesting a potential downside of 10.62%. Edison International has a consensus price target of $88.75, suggesting a potential upside of 3.05%. Given Edison International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Edison International is more favorable than Pinnacle West Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pinnacle West Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.42
Edison International
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edison International has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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
Pinnacle West Capital$5.02B2.08$501.56M$5.2817.38
Edison International$16.34B2.04$1.41B$3.4125.26

91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of Edison International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Edison International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Edison International beats Pinnacle West Capital on 15 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$10.44B$13.93B$12.39B$19.87B
Dividend Yield3.90%4.39%4.04%3.53%
P/E Ratio17.3816.1697.4842.94
Price / Sales2.088,690.3530.7518.99
Price / Cash5.488.8918.3917.86
Price / Book1.662.102.325.52
Net Income$501.56M$666.62M$616.62M$986.45M
7 Day Performance1.02%1.84%-0.04%0.45%
1 Month Performance4.95%1.20%-1.65%1.05%
1 Year Performance27.84%28.46%9.86%24.67%

Pinnacle West Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
3.6517 of 5 stars
$91.79
+0.9%
$82.04
-10.6%
+28.0%$10.44B$5.02B17.386,133Analyst Downgrade
EIX
Edison International
4.9165 of 5 stars
$86.12
+0.6%
$88.75
+3.1%
+31.1%$33.16B$16.34B25.2614,375Positive News
ETR
Entergy
4.5848 of 5 stars
$150.71
+0.5%
$150.42
-0.2%
+52.3%$32.14B$12.15B18.3612,177Analyst Forecast
PPL
PPL
3.9293 of 5 stars
$34.27
+0.4%
$35.50
+3.6%
+31.0%$25.19B$8.31B30.606,629
FE
FirstEnergy
4.6617 of 5 stars
$41.73
+0.4%
$46.00
+10.2%
+11.5%$23.96B$12.87B26.9212,042Short Interest ↓
ES
Eversource Energy
4.6746 of 5 stars
$61.61
-0.1%
$70.46
+14.4%
+5.7%$22.60B$11.91B0.0010,171Short Interest ↓
Positive News
OGE
OGE Energy
4.116 of 5 stars
$43.11
-0.1%
$39.40
-8.6%
+24.3%$8.67B$2.67B22.342,329Positive News
IDA
IDACORP
4.7833 of 5 stars
$117.96
+0.2%
$108.83
-7.7%
+21.7%$6.27B$1.84B21.882,112
POR
Portland General Electric
3.7693 of 5 stars
$46.88
-0.1%
$48.86
+4.2%
+14.8%$4.95B$2.92B13.992,842Positive News
MGEE
MGE Energy
3.2758 of 5 stars
$103.89
-0.6%
$74.00
-28.8%
+41.4%$3.78B$690.43M31.77700News Coverage
Positive News
ALE
ALLETE
4.0944 of 5 stars
$64.36
-0.3%
$62.00
-3.7%
+15.5%$3.73B$1.88B20.631,560Positive News

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This page (NYSE:PNW) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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