WEC vs. SRE, D, PEG, PCG, ED, DTE, AEE, CNP, CMS, and NI
Should you be buying WEC Energy Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WEC Energy Group include Sempra (SRE), Dominion Energy (D), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), PG&E (PCG), Consolidated Edison (ED), DTE Energy (DTE), Ameren (AEE), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), CMS Energy (CMS), and NiSource (NI). These companies are all part of the "multi-utilities" industry.
WEC Energy Group vs.
Sempra (NYSE:SRE) and WEC Energy Group (NYSE:WEC) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and community ranking.
Sempra has a net margin of 22.63% compared to WEC Energy Group's net margin of 17.75%. WEC Energy Group's return on equity of 12.39% beat Sempra's return on equity.
In the previous week, Sempra had 2 more articles in the media than WEC Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Sempra and 21 mentions for WEC Energy Group. WEC Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Sempra's score of 1.42 indicating that WEC Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sempra received 54 more outperform votes than WEC Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.55% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote while only 51.99% of users gave WEC Energy Group an outperform vote.
Sempra has higher revenue and earnings than WEC Energy Group. Sempra is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WEC Energy Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
89.7% of Sempra shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of WEC Energy Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Sempra shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of WEC Energy Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. WEC Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $3.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Sempra pays out 54.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WEC Energy Group pays out 73.9% 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. Sempra has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and WEC Energy Group has raised its dividend for 23 consecutive years. WEC Energy Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Sempra presently has a consensus target price of $91.20, suggesting a potential upside of 6.04%. WEC Energy Group has a consensus target price of $101.88, suggesting a potential downside of 1.65%. Given Sempra's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Sempra is more favorable than WEC Energy Group.
Sempra has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WEC Energy Group has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Sempra beats WEC Energy Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WEC) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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