VST vs. EIX, ETR, DTE, FE, PPL, ES, FTS, D, CNP, and EBR
Should you be buying Vistra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vistra include Edison International (EIX), Entergy (ETR), DTE Energy (DTE), FirstEnergy (FE), PPL (PPL), Eversource Energy (ES), Fortis (FTS), Dominion Energy (D), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), and Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR). 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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.
Vistra has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Edison International. Edison International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vistra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Edison International has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vistra has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Edison International currently has a consensus price target of $76.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.39%. Vistra has a consensus price target of $82.50, suggesting a potential downside of 12.31%. Given Vistra's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Edison International is more favorable than Vistra.
Edison International received 458 more outperform votes than Vistra when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.44% of users gave Vistra an outperform vote while only 63.25% of users gave Edison International an outperform vote.
Edison International has a net margin of 6.14% compared to Edison International's net margin of 5.66%. Edison International's return on equity of 24.72% beat Vistra's return on equity.
89.0% of Edison International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Vistra shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Edison International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Vistra shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Edison International had 11 more articles in the media than Vistra. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Edison International and 13 mentions for Vistra. Vistra's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Edison International's score of 0.78 indicating that Edison International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Edison International pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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 53.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Edison International has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Vistra has increased 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.
Summary
Vistra beats Edison International on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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