Dominion Energy (D) versus Its Rivals Financial Contrast

Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) is one of 52 publicly-traded companies in the “Multi – Utilities” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Dominion Energy to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Dominion Energy and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dominion Energy	1	8	4	1	2.36
Dominion Energy Competitors	1055	4122	4438	87	2.37

Dominion Energy presently has a consensus target price of $69.33, suggesting a potential upside of 1.90%. As a group, “Multi – Utilities” companies have a potential upside of 28.92%. Given Dominion Energy’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dominion Energy has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Dominion Energy and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dominion Energy	$16.51 billion	$3.00 billion	22.60
Dominion Energy Competitors	$16.16 billion	$269.64 million	43.71

Dominion Energy has higher revenue and earnings than its competitors. Dominion Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Dominion Energy and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dominion Energy	13.99%	10.09%	2.75%
Dominion Energy Competitors	9.06%	14.86%	4.07%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

73.0% of Dominion Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.7% of shares of all “Multi – Utilities” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Dominion Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of shares of all “Multi – Utilities” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Dominion Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Dominion Energy pays out 88.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Multi – Utilities” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.2% and pay out 33.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Dominion Energy lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Risk & Volatility

Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dominion Energy’s competitors have a beta of 0.68, suggesting that their average stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Dominion Energy competitors beat Dominion Energy on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

About Dominion Energy

Dominion Energy, Inc. (NYSE: D) is an energy company focused primarily on regulated electric and natural gas utility services. Its businesses generate, transmit and distribute electricity and deliver natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers. The company’s electric utility operations serve customers in Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, as well as parts of South Carolina through Dominion Energy South Carolina. Its power portfolio includes nuclear, natural gas, solar and other energy sources.