WEC Energy Group (WEC) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend SRE or WEC?

Sempra currently has a consensus target price of $91.60, indicating a potential upside of 7.47%. WEC Energy Group has a consensus target price of $98.40, indicating a potential downside of 0.78%. Given Sempra's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Sempra is more favorable than WEC Energy Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sempra	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
WEC Energy Group	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of SRE or WEC?

89.7% of Sempra shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of WEC Energy Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Sempra shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of WEC Energy Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, SRE or WEC?

Sempra has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WEC Energy Group has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SRE or WEC?

In the previous week, WEC Energy Group had 6 more articles in the media than Sempra. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for WEC Energy Group and 16 mentions for Sempra. Sempra's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat WEC Energy Group's score of 0.81 indicating that Sempra is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sempra	9 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
WEC Energy Group	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SRE or WEC more profitable?

Sempra has a net margin of 22.63% compared to WEC Energy Group's net margin of 15.14%. WEC Energy Group's return on equity of 11.72% beat Sempra's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sempra	22.63%	8.06%	3.04%
WEC Energy Group	15.14%	11.72%	3.24%

Which has better valuation and earnings, SRE or WEC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sempra	$16.72B	3.23	$3.08B	$4.54	18.77
WEC Energy Group	$8.89B	3.53	$1.33B	$4.09	24.25

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SRE or WEC?

Sempra received 54 more outperform votes than WEC Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.50% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote while only 52.06% of users gave WEC Energy Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sempra	Outperform Votes 484 60.50%	Underperform Votes 316 39.50%
WEC Energy Group	Outperform Votes 430 52.06%	Underperform Votes 396 47.94%

Is SRE or WEC a better dividend stock?

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 $3.34 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 81.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

Summary

Sempra beats WEC Energy Group on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.