SRE vs. AEP, PCG, D, NGG, EXC, PEG, ED, VST, BCE, and XEL
Should you be buying Sempra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sempra include American Electric Power (AEP), PG&E (PCG), Dominion Energy (D), National Grid (NGG), Exelon (EXC), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), Vistra (VST), BCE (BCE), and Xcel Energy (XEL). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) and Sempra (NYSE:SRE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 1 more articles in the media than Sempra. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for American Electric Power and 23 mentions for Sempra. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Sempra's score of 0.68 indicating that Sempra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Electric Power has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sempra has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. American Electric Power pays out 65.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sempra pays out 54.9% 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 raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Sempra has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years.
Sempra has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American Electric Power. American Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sempra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Sempra shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Sempra shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Sempra received 394 more outperform votes than American Electric Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.08% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote while only 55.40% of users gave American Electric Power an outperform vote.
American Electric Power currently has a consensus target price of $88.43, indicating a potential downside of 4.58%. Sempra has a consensus target price of $82.86, indicating a potential upside of 6.00%. Given American Electric Power's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sempra is more favorable than American Electric Power.
Sempra has a net margin of 20.99% compared to Sempra's net margin of 14.60%. Sempra's return on equity of 11.23% beat American Electric Power's return on equity.
Summary
Sempra beats American Electric Power on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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