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Sempra (SRE) Competitors

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$93.12 -0.26 (-0.28%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

SRE vs. PCG, D, PEG, ED, WEC, DTE, AEE, CNP, CMS, and NI

Should you be buying Sempra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sempra include PG&E (PCG), Dominion Energy (D), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), 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.

Sempra vs.

Sempra (NYSE:SRE) and PG&E (NYSE:PCG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.

Sempra has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PG&E has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Sempra presently has a consensus price target of $89.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.42%. PG&E has a consensus price target of $22.80, indicating a potential upside of 8.06%. Given PG&E's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PG&E is more favorable than Sempra.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sempra
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91
PG&E
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90

Sempra has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PG&E. PG&E is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sempra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sempra$16.72B3.53$3.08B$4.5420.51
PG&E$24.43B2.26$2.26B$1.2816.48

In the previous week, Sempra had 3 more articles in the media than PG&E. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Sempra and 17 mentions for PG&E. Sempra's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat PG&E's score of 0.77 indicating that Sempra is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sempra
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PG&E
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

PG&E received 390 more outperform votes than Sempra when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.37% of users gave PG&E an outperform vote while only 60.40% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SempraOutperform Votes
482
60.40%
Underperform Votes
316
39.60%
PG&EOutperform Votes
872
63.37%
Underperform Votes
504
36.63%

Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. PG&E pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Sempra pays out 54.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PG&E pays out 3.1% 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. Sempra has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Sempra is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Sempra has a net margin of 22.63% compared to PG&E's net margin of 11.11%. PG&E's return on equity of 12.51% beat Sempra's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sempra22.63% 8.06% 3.04%
PG&E 11.11%12.51%2.54%

89.7% of Sempra shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of PG&E shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Sempra shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of PG&E shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Sempra beats PG&E on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SRE vs. The Competition

MetricSempraGas & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$59.15B$11.66B$12.22B$19.85B
Dividend Yield2.66%3.61%4.05%3.52%
P/E Ratio20.5119.96100.8242.73
Price / Sales3.532.6831.8719.27
Price / Cash11.3214.4318.5917.86
Price / Book1.692.312.335.52
Net Income$3.08B$273.09M$616.62M$986.45M
7 Day Performance2.96%-1.63%0.03%0.45%
1 Month Performance9.64%-5.28%-1.57%1.05%
1 Year Performance27.79%-13.50%9.88%24.67%

Sempra Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SRE
Sempra
4.6778 of 5 stars
$93.12
-0.3%
$89.00
-4.4%
+28.6%$59.15B$16.72B20.5116,835Insider Trade
Positive News
PCG
PG&E
3.7689 of 5 stars
$21.10
+0.5%
$22.80
+8.1%
+19.3%$54.92B$24.43B16.4828,010
D
Dominion Energy
3.7062 of 5 stars
$57.80
+0.3%
$55.91
-3.3%
+24.5%$48.38B$14.39B20.2817,700Positive News
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.7518 of 5 stars
$90.49
+0.4%
$86.69
-4.2%
+41.4%$44.89B$11.24B22.2312,543Dividend Announcement
Positive News
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.6005 of 5 stars
$97.88
+0.9%
$98.35
+0.5%
+7.6%$33.59B$15.03B18.4314,592Positive News
WEC
WEC Energy Group
4.3413 of 5 stars
$99.26
+0.2%
$94.45
-4.8%
+22.1%$31.33B$8.89B24.277,000Insider Trade
Positive News
DTE
DTE Energy
4.705 of 5 stars
$122.17
+0.4%
$131.46
+7.6%
+18.8%$25.30B$12.42B16.559,950Analyst Revision
AEE
Ameren
4.5247 of 5 stars
$92.24
+0.1%
$87.80
-4.8%
+20.1%$24.59B$7.50B21.709,372
CNP
CenterPoint Energy
4.4648 of 5 stars
$31.57
+0.5%
$30.09
-4.7%
+14.4%$20.58B$8.70B20.918,827Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
CMS
CMS Energy
4.4801 of 5 stars
$68.52
-0.1%
$70.29
+2.6%
+19.9%$20.49B$7.48B19.588,356Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
Positive News
NI
NiSource
4.6497 of 5 stars
$37.30
+0.5%
$37.50
+0.5%
+43.1%$17.32B$5.51B22.617,411Positive News

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