VST vs. EIX, DTE, ETR, FE, ES, PPL, FTS, CNP, EBR, and NRG
Should you be buying Vistra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vistra include Edison International (EIX), DTE Energy (DTE), Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), Eversource Energy (ES), PPL (PPL), Fortis (FTS), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), and NRG Energy (NRG). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Edison International (NYSE:EIX) and Vistra (NYSE:VST) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and media sentiment.
Vistra has a net margin of 10.10% compared to Vistra's net margin of 6.14%. Edison International's return on equity of 20.05% beat Vistra's return on equity.
Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Vistra pays an annual dividend of $0.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Edison International pays out 136.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vistra pays out 24.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Edison International has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Vistra has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Edison International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Edison International received 458 more outperform votes than Vistra when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.28% of users gave Vistra an outperform vote while only 63.19% of users gave Edison International an outperform vote.
Edison International has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vistra has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Edison International currently has a consensus price target of $72.78, indicating a potential downside of 2.65%. Vistra has a consensus price target of $74.33, indicating a potential downside of 20.23%. Given Vistra's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Edison International is more favorable than Vistra.
Vistra has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Edison International. Vistra is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Edison International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Vistra had 18 more articles in the media than Edison International. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Vistra and 7 mentions for Edison International. Edison International's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Vistra's score of 0.82 indicating that Vistra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
88.9% of Edison International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Vistra shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Edison International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Vistra shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Vistra beats Edison International on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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