PEG vs. ED, PCG, WEC, AEE, CMS, NI, EXC, XEL, LNT, and EVRG
Should you be buying Public Service Enterprise Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Public Service Enterprise Group include Consolidated Edison (ED), PG&E (PCG), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), NiSource (NI), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Alliant Energy (LNT), and Evergy (EVRG). These companies are all part of the "electric & other services combined" industry.
Consolidated Edison (NYSE:ED) and Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:PEG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.
Consolidated Edison pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Public Service Enterprise Group pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Consolidated Edison pays out 63.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Public Service Enterprise Group pays out 66.5% 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. Consolidated Edison has raised its dividend for 51 consecutive years and Public Service Enterprise Group has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Consolidated Edison is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Public Service Enterprise Group has a net margin of 17.65% compared to Public Service Enterprise Group's net margin of 12.43%. Consolidated Edison's return on equity of 11.10% beat Public Service Enterprise Group's return on equity.
66.3% of Consolidated Edison shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of Public Service Enterprise Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Consolidated Edison shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Public Service Enterprise Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Consolidated Edison had 22 more articles in the media than Public Service Enterprise Group. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Consolidated Edison and 12 mentions for Public Service Enterprise Group. Public Service Enterprise Group's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Consolidated Edison's score of 0.61 indicating that Consolidated Edison is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Consolidated Edison has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Public Service Enterprise Group has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Public Service Enterprise Group received 137 more outperform votes than Consolidated Edison when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.69% of users gave Public Service Enterprise Group an outperform vote while only 41.46% of users gave Consolidated Edison an outperform vote.
Consolidated Edison currently has a consensus target price of $88.46, indicating a potential downside of 9.31%. Public Service Enterprise Group has a consensus target price of $67.15, indicating a potential downside of 7.44%. Given Consolidated Edison's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Public Service Enterprise Group is more favorable than Consolidated Edison.
Public Service Enterprise Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Consolidated Edison. Consolidated Edison 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.
Summary
Public Service Enterprise Group beats Consolidated Edison on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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