PG&E (PCG) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend D or PCG?

Dominion Energy presently has a consensus target price of $57.58, indicating a potential upside of 2.57%. PG&E has a consensus target price of $22.05, indicating a potential upside of 27.76%. Given PG&E's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	12 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.08
PG&E	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, D or PCG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dominion Energy	$14.46B	3.31	$2.12B	$2.70	20.79
PG&E	$24.42B	1.89	$2.51B	$1.15	15.00

Which has more volatility & risk, D or PCG?

Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PG&E has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is D or PCG a better dividend stock?

Dominion Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor D or PCG?

PG&E received 305 more outperform votes than Dominion Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.40% of users gave PG&E an outperform vote while only 52.18% of users gave Dominion Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dominion Energy	Outperform Votes 575 52.18%	Underperform Votes 527 47.82%
PG&E	Outperform Votes 880 63.40%	Underperform Votes 508 36.60%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of D or PCG?

73.0% of Dominion Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of PG&E shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Dominion Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of PG&E shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is D or PCG more profitable?

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 Energy	16.22%	8.99%	2.31%
PG&E	10.27%	10.94%	2.26%

Does the media refer more to D or PCG?

In the previous week, Dominion Energy had 22 more articles in the media than PG&E. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Dominion Energy and 27 mentions for PG&E. Dominion Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat PG&E's score of 1.19 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	36 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PG&E	19 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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