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PCG vs. D, SRE, PEG, ED, WEC, DTE, AEE, CNP, CMS, and NI

Should you be buying PG&E stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PG&E include Dominion Energy (D), Sempra (SRE), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), DTE Energy (DTE), Ameren (AEE), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), CMS Energy (CMS), and NiSource (NI). These companies are all part of the "multi-utilities" industry.

PG&E vs.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dominion Energy$14.46B3.22$2.12B$2.7020.24
PG&E$24.42B1.84$2.51B$1.1514.61

PG&E received 305 more outperform votes than Dominion Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.49% of users gave PG&E an outperform vote while only 52.32% of users gave Dominion Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Dominion EnergyOutperform Votes
575
52.32%
Underperform Votes
524
47.68%
PG&EOutperform Votes
880
63.49%
Underperform Votes
506
36.51%

Dominion Energy has a net margin of 16.22% compared to PG&E's net margin of 10.27%. PG&E's return on equity of 10.94% beat Dominion Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dominion Energy16.22% 8.99% 2.31%
PG&E 10.27%10.94%2.26%

Dominion Energy presently has a consensus price target of $57.18, indicating a potential upside of 4.66%. PG&E has a consensus price target of $22.23, indicating a potential upside of 32.27%. Given PG&E's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PG&E is more favorable than Dominion Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Dominion Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.09
PG&E
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PG&E has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Dominion Energy had 6 more articles in the media than PG&E. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Dominion Energy and 25 mentions for PG&E. Dominion Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat PG&E's score of 0.76 indicating that Dominion Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Dominion Energy
23 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PG&E
12 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

73.0% of Dominion Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of PG&E shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Dominion Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of PG&E shares are owned 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.

Dominion Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. PG&E pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Dominion Energy pays out 98.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PG&E pays out 8.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

PG&E beats Dominion Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PCG vs. The Competition

MetricPG&EElectric & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$44.89B$20.50B$14.93B$19.32B
Dividend Yield0.63%3.25%5.65%3.79%
P/E Ratio14.6133.6315.1132.98
Price / Sales1.843.9120.4026.93
Price / Cash5.748.4018.4317.55
Price / Book1.562.281.934.51
Net Income$2.51B$965.53M$667.54M$1.02B
7 Day Performance5.26%0.35%0.37%-1.52%
1 Month Performance9.87%2.06%2.95%-5.65%
1 Year Performance3.48%12.90%7.93%5.27%

PG&E Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PCG
PG&E
4.7921 of 5 stars
$16.81
+2.5%
$22.23
+32.3%
+4.0%$44.89B$24.42B14.6128,410
D
Dominion Energy
2.7718 of 5 stars
$56.56
+2.4%
$57.00
+0.8%
+14.8%$48.18B$14.46B20.9417,700Analyst Forecast
Positive News
SRE
Sempra
4.9214 of 5 stars
$68.25
-1.5%
$81.50
+19.4%
+0.1%$44.35B$13.19B15.0015,400Insider Trade
Positive News
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.7767 of 5 stars
$77.77
-0.9%
$89.83
+15.5%
+27.5%$38.75B$10.29B19.0912,500Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
ED
Consolidated Edison
3.9333 of 5 stars
$106.80
+3.1%
$101.50
-5.0%
+20.2%$37.03B$15.26B20.3814,592Positive News
WEC
WEC Energy Group
3.9497 of 5 stars
$109.11
+2.1%
$101.88
-6.6%
+33.0%$34.42B$8.60B22.567,000Positive News
DTE
DTE Energy
4.0022 of 5 stars
$132.63
+0.7%
$135.67
+2.3%
+23.8%$27.47B$12.46B19.589,500
AEE
Ameren
3.7019 of 5 stars
$99.57
+1.0%
$93.40
-6.2%
+39.1%$26.84B$7.62B22.508,981Ex-Dividend
CNP
CenterPoint Energy
3.04 of 5 stars
$34.59
+1.0%
$31.65
-8.5%
+27.4%$22.51B$8.64B21.7312,500Analyst Forecast
CMS
CMS Energy
3.3975 of 5 stars
$74.39
+1.8%
$72.42
-2.6%
+25.0%$22.22B$7.52B22.408,324Positive News
NI
NiSource
3.6775 of 5 stars
$38.46
-0.1%
$38.13
-0.9%
+49.8%$18.08B$5.46B23.757,746Positive News
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