PG&E (PCG) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, PCG or SRE?

PG&E has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sempra has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PCG or SRE?

In the previous week, PG&E had 2 more articles in the media than Sempra. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for PG&E and 9 mentions for Sempra. Sempra's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat PG&E's score of 0.47 indicating that Sempra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PG&E	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Sempra	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PCG or SRE?

78.6% of PG&E shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Sempra shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of PG&E shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Sempra shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PCG or SRE a better dividend stock?

PG&E pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. PG&E pays out 3.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sempra pays out 55.0% 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. Sempra has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Sempra is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is PCG or SRE more profitable?

Sempra has a net margin of 22.31% compared to PG&E's net margin of 10.22%. PG&E's return on equity of 11.76% beat Sempra's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PG&E	10.22%	11.76%	2.37%
Sempra	22.31%	8.58%	3.24%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PCG or SRE?

PG&E received 392 more outperform votes than Sempra when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.32% of users gave PG&E an outperform vote while only 60.20% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PG&E	Outperform Votes 870 63.32%	Underperform Votes 504 36.68%
Sempra	Outperform Votes 478 60.20%	Underperform Votes 316 39.80%

Do analysts prefer PCG or SRE?

PG&E currently has a consensus target price of $21.55, indicating a potential upside of 9.59%. Sempra has a consensus target price of $85.27, indicating a potential upside of 3.98%. Given PG&E's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe PG&E is more favorable than Sempra.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PG&E	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Sempra	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Which has better earnings & valuation, PCG or SRE?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PG&E	$24.78B	2.30	$2.26B	$1.12	17.63
Sempra	$13.48B	3.84	$3.08B	$4.51	18.23

Summary

Sempra beats PG&E on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.