NI vs. CMS, AEE, WEC, ED, PEG, PCG, LNT, EVRG, ALE, and XEL
Should you be buying NiSource stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NiSource include CMS Energy (CMS), Ameren (AEE), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Consolidated Edison (ED), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), PG&E (PCG), Alliant Energy (LNT), Evergy (EVRG), ALLETE (ALE), and Xcel Energy (XEL). These companies are all part of the "electric & other services combined" industry.
NiSource (NYSE:NI) and CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and community ranking.
In the previous week, CMS Energy had 6 more articles in the media than NiSource. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for CMS Energy and 9 mentions for NiSource. NiSource's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat CMS Energy's score of 1.02 indicating that NiSource is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NiSource presently has a consensus target price of $29.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.17%. CMS Energy has a consensus target price of $63.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.06%. Given CMS Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CMS Energy is more favorable than NiSource.
CMS Energy has a net margin of 13.19% compared to NiSource's net margin of 12.98%. CMS Energy's return on equity of 12.83% beat NiSource's return on equity.
91.6% of NiSource shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of CMS Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of NiSource shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of CMS Energy shares are held 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.
CMS Energy received 132 more outperform votes than NiSource when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.57% of users gave CMS Energy an outperform vote while only 53.92% of users gave NiSource an outperform vote.
CMS Energy has higher revenue and earnings than NiSource. CMS Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NiSource, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NiSource has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CMS Energy has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
NiSource pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. CMS Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. NiSource pays out 72.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CMS Energy pays out 62.8% 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.
Summary
CMS Energy beats NiSource on 15 of the 20 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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