Exelon (EXC) Competitors

Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:PEG) and Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PEG or EXC?

Public Service Enterprise Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Exelon. Exelon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Public Service Enterprise 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
Public Service Enterprise Group	$11.24B	3.29	$2.56B	$3.61	20.59
Exelon	$21.73B	1.77	$2.33B	$2.32	16.61

Do analysts prefer PEG or EXC?

Public Service Enterprise Group presently has a consensus price target of $67.15, indicating a potential downside of 9.79%. Exelon has a consensus price target of $38.83, indicating a potential upside of 0.58%. Given Public Service Enterprise Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Exelon is more favorable than Public Service Enterprise Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Public Service Enterprise Group	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62
Exelon	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PEG or EXC?

73.3% of Public Service Enterprise Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Exelon shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Public Service Enterprise Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Exelon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PEG or EXC?

Public Service Enterprise Group received 452 more outperform votes than Exelon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.69% of users gave Public Service Enterprise Group an outperform vote while only 45.52% of users gave Exelon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Public Service Enterprise Group	Outperform Votes 513 56.69%	Underperform Votes 392 43.31%
Exelon	Outperform Votes 61 45.52%	Underperform Votes 73 54.48%

Is PEG or EXC more profitable?

Public Service Enterprise Group has a net margin of 17.65% compared to Public Service Enterprise Group's net margin of 10.44%. Exelon's return on equity of 11.10% beat Public Service Enterprise Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Public Service Enterprise Group	17.65%	11.10%	3.37%
Exelon	10.44%	9.27%	2.36%

Is PEG or EXC a better dividend stock?

Public Service Enterprise Group pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Exelon pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Public Service Enterprise Group pays out 66.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exelon pays out 65.5% 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. Public Service Enterprise Group has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Exelon has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Exelon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor PEG or EXC?

In the previous week, Exelon had 3 more articles in the media than Public Service Enterprise Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Exelon and 9 mentions for Public Service Enterprise Group. Exelon's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Public Service Enterprise Group's score of 1.04 indicating that Public Service Enterprise Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Public Service Enterprise Group	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Exelon	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, PEG or EXC?

Public Service Enterprise Group has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exelon has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Public Service Enterprise Group beats Exelon on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.