Sempra Energy (SRE) Competitors $80.97 -0.71 (-0.87%) Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$80.97 0.00 (0.00%) As of 08/1/2025 06:57 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock SRE vs. AEP, LNT, ATO, DTE, NI, NJR, OGE, OGS, PEG, and SWXShould you be buying Sempra Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sempra Energy include American Electric Power (AEP), Alliant Energy (LNT), Atmos Energy (ATO), DTE Energy (DTE), NiSource (NI), NewJersey Resources (NJR), OGE Energy (OGE), ONE Gas (OGS), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), and Southwest Gas (SWX). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector. Sempra Energy vs. Its Competitors American Electric Power Alliant Energy Atmos Energy DTE Energy NiSource NewJersey Resources OGE Energy ONE Gas Public Service Enterprise Group Southwest Gas American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) and Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation. Is AEP or SRE more profitable? Sempra Energy has a net margin of 22.15% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 17.68%. American Electric Power's return on equity of 11.55% beat Sempra Energy's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets American Electric Power17.68% 11.55% 3.11% Sempra Energy 22.15%8.55%3.24% Do analysts recommend AEP or SRE? American Electric Power presently has a consensus price target of $111.29, indicating a potential downside of 2.02%. Sempra Energy has a consensus price target of $80.75, indicating a potential downside of 0.27%. Given Sempra Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sempra Energy is more favorable than American Electric Power.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score American Electric Power 1 Sell rating(s) 8 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.29Sempra Energy 0 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.54 Is AEP or SRE a better dividend stock? American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Sempra Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. American Electric Power pays out 54.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sempra Energy pays out 56.7% 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. American Electric Power has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Sempra Energy has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. American Electric Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Which has more volatility & risk, AEP or SRE? American Electric Power has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sempra Energy has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media refer more to AEP or SRE? In the previous week, American Electric Power had 40 more articles in the media than Sempra Energy. MarketBeat recorded 64 mentions for American Electric Power and 24 mentions for Sempra Energy. Sempra Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat American Electric Power's score of 0.98 indicating that Sempra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment American Electric Power 33 Very Positive mention(s) 7 Positive mention(s) 13 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Sempra Energy 18 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has better valuation & earnings, AEP or SRE? American Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than Sempra Energy. American Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sempra Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAmerican Electric Power$19.72B3.08$2.97B$6.8416.61Sempra Energy$13.35B3.95$2.86B$4.5517.80 Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AEP or SRE? 75.2% of American Electric Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Sempra Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Sempra Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth. SummarySempra Energy beats American Electric Power on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Sempra Energy News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SRE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SRE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart SRE vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSempra EnergyUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$52.79B$10.19B$16.00B$20.65BDividend Yield3.18%4.01%5.46%3.67%P/E Ratio17.8011.8219.9529.03Price / Sales3.952.23201.6766.13Price / Cash9.499.2819.0322.84Price / Book1.391.542.144.43Net Income$2.86B$565.00M$751.46M$994.22M7 Day Performance0.15%-0.72%-0.96%-3.39%1 Month Performance8.22%0.19%20.30%-2.09%1 Year Performance-0.94%6.74%182.92%10.09% Sempra Energy Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SRESempra Energy4.5465 of 5 stars$80.97-0.9%$80.75-0.3%-0.6%$52.79B$13.35B17.8016,773News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming EarningsAEPAmerican Electric Power4.3767 of 5 stars$107.95-1.7%$108.31+0.3%+12.2%$57.67B$19.72B20.8016,330Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionLNTAlliant Energy3.8784 of 5 stars$63.83-1.7%$64.23+0.6%+15.7%$16.40B$3.98B22.012,998Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsATOAtmos Energy4.3798 of 5 stars$154.55-1.5%$156.95+1.6%+19.7%$24.55B$4.17B21.475,260Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionDTEDTE Energy4.3494 of 5 stars$137.55-1.3%$141.53+2.9%+12.2%$28.54B$12.46B18.599,500Earnings ReportAnalyst RevisionNINiSource4.1686 of 5 stars$41.28-2.1%$41.50+0.5%+34.1%$19.43B$5.93B22.317,746Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsNJRNewJersey Resources3.5228 of 5 stars$45.44-1.1%$51.29+12.9%-2.4%$4.56B$1.80B11.031,372News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming EarningsOGEOGE Energy4.1319 of 5 stars$44.25-1.4%$46.80+5.8%+14.2%$8.91B$2.99B18.292,291News CoverageEarnings ReportOGSONE Gas3.2815 of 5 stars$72.20-1.0%$77.64+7.5%+4.1%$4.33B$2.26B17.443,900Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsPEGPublic Service Enterprise Group4.1052 of 5 stars$87.02-0.6%$90.50+4.0%+11.6%$43.42B$10.29B23.7826,094Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst RevisionSWXSouthwest Gas3.7834 of 5 stars$77.73-0.9%$77.25-0.6%+5.6%$5.59B$5.11B24.992,435News CoveragePositive NewsUpcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies AEP Alternatives LNT Alternatives ATO Alternatives DTE Alternatives NI Alternatives NJR Alternatives OGE Alternatives OGS Alternatives PEG Alternatives SWX Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:SRE) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s Secret Social Security BombshellTo All Americans Born Before April 16th, 1963: Did Trump Just Give The Green Light To Radically RE-DO Social S...Banyan Hill Publishing | SponsoredMan Who Called Nvidia at $1.10 Says Buy This Now...In 2004, one man called Nvidia before just about anyone knew it existed. 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