EIX vs. ETR, FE, ES, PPL, PNW, SO, VST, DTE, FTS, and CNP
Should you be buying Edison International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Edison International include Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), Eversource Energy (ES), PPL (PPL), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), Southern (SO), Vistra (VST), DTE Energy (DTE), Fortis (FTS), and CenterPoint Energy (CNP). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Entergy (NYSE:ETR) and Edison International (NYSE:EIX) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Entergy had 13 more articles in the media than Edison International. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Entergy and 14 mentions for Edison International. Entergy's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Edison International's score of 0.30 indicating that Edison International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
88.1% of Entergy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.9% of Edison International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Entergy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Edison International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Entergy presently has a consensus price target of $109.45, indicating a potential upside of 2.77%. Edison International has a consensus price target of $73.60, indicating a potential upside of 4.93%. Given Entergy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Edison International is more favorable than Entergy.
Entergy has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edison International has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Entergy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Edison International. Entergy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Edison International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Entergy has a net margin of 17.75% compared to Entergy's net margin of 8.35%. Entergy's return on equity of 12.63% beat Edison International's return on equity.
Entergy pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Entergy pays out 45.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Edison International pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Entergy has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years and Edison International has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Edison International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Edison International received 311 more outperform votes than Entergy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.24% of users gave Edison International an outperform vote while only 49.04% of users gave Entergy an outperform vote.
Summary
Edison International beats Entergy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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.
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