NGG vs. PCG, SRE, AEP, D, EXC, PEG, ED, VST, BCE, and XEL
Should you be buying National Grid stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Grid include PG&E (PCG), Sempra (SRE), American Electric Power (AEP), Dominion Energy (D), Exelon (EXC), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), Vistra (VST), BCE (BCE), and Xcel Energy (XEL). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
National Grid (NYSE:NGG) and PG&E (NYSE:PCG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
PG&E received 352 more outperform votes than National Grid when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.26% of users gave PG&E an outperform vote while only 58.78% of users gave National Grid an outperform vote.
In the previous week, PG&E had 22 more articles in the media than National Grid. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for PG&E and 3 mentions for National Grid. National Grid's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat PG&E's score of 0.46 indicating that National Grid is being referred to more favorably in the media.
National Grid pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. PG&E pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. PG&E pays out 3.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
National Grid has higher revenue and earnings than PG&E.
PG&E has a consensus target price of $19.44, suggesting a potential upside of 4.54%. Given PG&E's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PG&E is more favorable than National Grid.
PG&E has a net margin of 10.05% compared to National Grid's net margin of 0.00%. PG&E's return on equity of 11.32% beat National Grid's return on equity.
4.7% of National Grid shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of PG&E shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of PG&E shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
National Grid has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PG&E has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
PG&E beats National Grid on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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