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PG&E (PCG) Competitors

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PCG vs. ED, PEG, WEC, AEE, CMS, EXC, XEL, LNT, DUK, and SRE

Should you be buying PG&E stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PG&E include Consolidated Edison (ED), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Alliant Energy (LNT), Duke Energy (DUK), and Sempra (SRE). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

PG&E vs.

PG&E (NYSE:PCG) and Consolidated Edison (NYSE:ED) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

PG&E pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Consolidated Edison pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. PG&E pays out 4.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Consolidated Edison pays out 48.0% 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.

74.4% of PG&E shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.5% of Consolidated Edison shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of PG&E shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Consolidated Edison shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

PG&E received 482 more outperform votes than Consolidated Edison when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.23% of users gave PG&E an outperform vote while only 41.78% of users gave Consolidated Edison an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PG&EOutperform Votes
858
63.23%
Underperform Votes
499
36.77%
Consolidated EdisonOutperform Votes
376
41.78%
Underperform Votes
524
58.22%

In the previous week, PG&E had 19 more articles in the media than Consolidated Edison. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for PG&E and 10 mentions for Consolidated Edison. Consolidated Edison's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat PG&E's score of 0.52 indicating that Consolidated Edison is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PG&E
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Consolidated Edison
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

PG&E presently has a consensus target price of $18.75, suggesting a potential upside of 15.38%. Consolidated Edison has a consensus target price of $88.46, suggesting a potential downside of 0.67%. Given PG&E's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PG&E is more favorable than Consolidated Edison.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PG&E
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Consolidated Edison
3 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.92

Consolidated Edison has a net margin of 15.57% compared to PG&E's net margin of 8.13%. PG&E's return on equity of 9.21% beat Consolidated Edison's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PG&E8.13% 9.21% 1.82%
Consolidated Edison 15.57%8.16%2.62%

PG&E has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Consolidated Edison has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

PG&E has higher revenue and earnings than Consolidated Edison. Consolidated Edison is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PG&E, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PG&E$21.68B1.96$1.81B$0.8618.90
Consolidated Edison$15.67B1.96$1.66B$6.7513.19

Summary

PG&E beats Consolidated Edison on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PCG vs. The Competition

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MetricPG&EElectric & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$42.43B$16.14B$11.80B$17.18B
Dividend Yield0.25%4.01%4.26%3.61%
P/E Ratio18.9013.1480.7627.10
Price / Sales1.961.9022.177.12
Price / Cash6.457.5217.3817.51
Price / Book1.741.621.857.04
Net Income$1.81B$796.84M$491.88M$873.19M
7 Day Performance-2.40%-0.50%-1.62%0.70%
1 Month Performance-7.46%-6.61%-4.39%1.47%
1 Year Performance4.57%-13.70%-0.02%67.45%

PG&E Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.8049 of 5 stars		$89.77
+0.1%		$88.46
-1.5%		-3.6%$30.99B$15.25B13.3014,319Upcoming Earnings
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.569 of 5 stars		$58.98
+1.3%		$63.95
+8.4%		-3.7%$29.39B$9.80B10.5112,525Analyst Revision
Positive News
WEC
WEC Energy Group
4.9432 of 5 stars		$78.34
+0.4%		$86.92
+10.9%		-16.9%$24.71B$8.89B18.567,022
AEE
Ameren
4.888 of 5 stars		$68.38
+0.6%		$82.33
+20.4%		-19.6%$17.98B$7.96B15.549,244Dividend Increase
Positive News
CMS
CMS Energy
4.7889 of 5 stars		$56.45
-0.2%		$62.50
+10.7%		-8.7%$16.47B$7.46B18.759,073Ex-Dividend
Positive News
EXC
Exelon
4.7408 of 5 stars		$33.91
+0.9%		$39.36
+16.1%		-16.9%$33.76B$19.08B15.8519,063Analyst Revision
XEL
Xcel Energy
4.5978 of 5 stars		$58.44
-0.1%		$65.00
+11.2%		-15.1%$32.25B$14.21B18.2111,982Positive News
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.8681 of 5 stars		$47.76
+0.3%		$54.06
+13.2%		-10.0%$12.19B$4.21B17.433,129Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
DUK
Duke Energy
4.4898 of 5 stars		$95.06
-0.2%		$100.67
+5.9%		-7.5%$73.26B$28.77B60.5527,859Earnings Report
Analyst Report
SRE
Sempra
4.9185 of 5 stars		$69.76
-0.4%		$81.83
+17.3%		-11.3%$43.90B$14.44B16.134,561Analyst Downgrade
Positive News

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