EXC vs PEG vs SRE Stock Comparison

Exelon, Public Service Enterprise and Sempra Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
EXC Exelon Corp
$44.54 +10.4% 1M -7.3% 1Y
Market cap
$45.45B
P/E
16.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.33B
Div. yield
0.04%
Regulated Electric Utilities Utilities
5 wins
SRE Sempra
$84.26 +8.1% 1M -9.2% 1Y
Market cap
$55.37B
P/E
24.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.55B
Div. yield
–
Regulated Electric Utilities Utilities
3 wins

Head to Head

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Exelon leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Exelon 5, Public Service Enterprise 4, Sempra 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionEXCPEGSRELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $45.45B $36.11B $55.37B SRE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.3x 17.9x 24.5x EXC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.8x 17.2x 15.9x EXC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.6% +15.3% +1.6% PEG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 11.0% 15.4% 16.7% SRE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 5.4% 6.4% 1.8% PEG
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 5.6x 5.5x 7.6x PEG
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.04% 0.04% 0.00% EXC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -7.3% -13.2% -9.2% EXC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.7%/yr +2.4%/yr +5.4%/yr SRE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 20.1% 19.0% 20.4% PEG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 63/100 51/100 26/100 EXC

Percentile Scorecard

EXCPEGSRE

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisEXCPEGSRE
Valuation 82 #13 of 67 53 #32 of 67 11 #60 of 67
Growth 80 #14 of 65 28 #47 of 65 17 #54 of 65
Profitability 43 #37 of 64 76 #16 of 64 13 #56 of 64
Financial Health 43 #37 of 64 51 #32 of 64 46 #35 of 64
Shareholder Returns 68 #22 of 67 47 #36 of 67 44 #38 of 67
Overall 63 51 26
  • EXC ranked among 67 companies in Regulated Utilities
  • PEG ranked among 67 companies in Regulated Utilities
  • SRE ranked among 67 companies in Regulated Utilities

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodEXCPEGSRESPY
1 month +10.4%+7.6%+8.1% -0.8%
3 months -5.5%-8.9%-7.6% +3.5%
6 months -4.4%-10.1%-8.9% +7.0%
Year to date +2.2%-10.2%-4.6% +12.2%
1 year -7.3%-13.2%-9.2% +13.0%
3 years +15.9%+20.0%+20.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year +5.0%+6.3%+6.5% +23.1%
5 years +20.1%+12.7%+29.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year +3.7%+2.4%+5.4% +11.0%
10 years +87.8%+74.9%+60.0% +258.0%
10 years, per year +6.5%+5.8%+4.8% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureEXCPEGSRESPY
Volatility, 1Y 20.1%19.0%20.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 20.2%20.2%22.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.270.060.07 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.36-0.70-0.45 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -33.1%-29.6%-32.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.4%-17.1%-15.5% -1.8%
52-week high $50.29$86.95$99.75 $779.14
52-week low $40.20$66.56$76.89 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleEXCPEGSRE
P/E now vs peer median 16.4xmedian 20.8x 17.8xmedian 20.8x 24.4xmedian 20.8x
P/S now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 2.9x 2.8xmedian 2.9x 4.1xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.7xmedian 13.1x 13.7xmedian 13.1x 19.0xmedian 13.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median -24.0xmedian 36.7x 130.2xmedian 36.7x -10.5xmedian 36.7x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 1.7x 2.1xmedian 1.7x 1.4xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 1.96median 2.23 -1.76median 2.23 -5.54median 2.23

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsEXCPEGSRE
Revenue $25.33B $13.03B $13.55B
Gross profit – $8.51B $11.94B
Operating income $5.27B $2.90B $2.43B
Net income $2.78B $2.01B $2.73B
Free cash flow -$1.92B $276.00M -$5.24B
EPS (diluted) $2.71 $4.03 $3.45
Cash & equivalents $1.81B $192.00M $48.00M
Total debt $201.12B $24.54B $36.66B
Shares (diluted) 1.03B 499.00M 655.95M
Enterprise value $40.76B $35.05B $54.49B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricEXCPEGSRE
P/E 16.4x 17.8x 24.4x
P/FCF -24.0x 130.2x -10.5x
P/Operating cash flow 6.4x 10.0x 10.2x
P/S 1.8x 2.8x 4.1x
P/B 1.5x 2.1x 1.4x
P/Tangible book 1.5x 2.1x 1.4x
EV/EBITDA 10.7x 13.7x 19.0x
EV/EBIT 18.3x 20.8x 39.3x
EV/Revenue 3.8x 4.6x 6.8x
EV/FCF -50.3x 218.4x -17.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 13.4x 16.8x 16.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.96 -1.76 -5.54

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEXCPEGSRE
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.6% 15.3% 1.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 8.4% 0.0% -7.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 11.6% 2.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -3.0% 2.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 10.8% 7.5% -2.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 14.3% -6.8% 45.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 4.9% 1.6% -14.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 9.5% -10.2% -1.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 3.3% 1.8% -15.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.4% -10.2% -4.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 23.8% 42.7% 16.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 28.6% 0.3% 29.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -8.6% 142.9% -19.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 21.3% -18.8% -3.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEXCPEGSRE
Gross margin – 65.3% 88.1%
EBITDA margin 35.6% 33.7% 35.7%
Operating margin 20.8% 22.3% 17.9%
Pretax margin 13.3% 17.5% 11.6%
Net margin 11.0% 15.4% 16.7%
FCF margin -7.6% 2.1% -38.7%
Operating cash flow margin 28.5% 27.6% 40.0%
Return on equity 9.4% 11.6% 6.9%
Return on assets 2.3% 3.4% 2.4%
Return on invested capital 5.4% 6.4% 1.8%
Return on capital employed 4.8% 5.5% 2.5%
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.2x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.6x 1.8x 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEXCPEGSRE
Debt / assets 43.4% 41.7% 31.8%
Debt / equity 1.8x 1.4x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 5.6x 5.5x 7.6x
Debt / FCF -27.3x 88.9x -7.0x
Liabilities / assets 75.4% 70.5% 65.3%
Equity / assets 24.6% 29.5% 34.7%
Interest coverage – 2.7x 1.5x
Current ratio 1.1x 0.9x 1.6x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.5x 0.1x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.0x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 0.76 1.22 0.99

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEXCPEGSRE
Dividend yield 3.7% 3.7% 3.1%
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield 3.7% 3.7% 3.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) 59.9% 64.5% –
Payout ratio (FCF) -87.1% 469.9% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 6.2% 5.7% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 6.3% 5.4% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusEXCPEGSRE
Forward P/E 14.8xFY2026 17.2xFY2026 15.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.01FY2026 $4.20FY2026 $5.30FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +8.7%FY2026 +3.7%FY2026 +13.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +7.0% +6.2% +8.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $26.87BFY2026 $13.36BFY2026 $14.05BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +10.7%FY2026 +9.8%FY2026 +2.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -8.8% +4.5% -11.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEXCPEGSRE
Held by institutions 92.0% 77.3% 92.1%
Institutions holding 1,282 1,307 1,287
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.8% +4.0% +2.2%
Institutions buying 699 676 629
Institutions selling 372 400 433
Buyers to sellers 1.88 1.69 1.45

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

EXCPEGSRE
EXC 1.00 0.62 0.57
PEG 0.62 1.00 0.66
SRE 0.57 0.66 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EXC, PEG and SRE?

Sempra (SRE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Exelon (EXC) $45.45B, Public Service Enterprise (PEG) $36.11B, Sempra (SRE) $55.37B.

Which stock is cheaper, EXC, PEG and SRE?

Exelon (EXC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Exelon (EXC) 16.3x, Public Service Enterprise (PEG) 17.9x, Sempra (SRE) 24.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Exelon (EXC) is cheapest (Exelon (EXC) 14.8x, Public Service Enterprise (PEG) 17.2x, Sempra (SRE) 15.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Public Service Enterprise (PEG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Exelon (EXC) +6.6%, Public Service Enterprise (PEG) +15.3%, Sempra (SRE) +1.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Sempra (SRE) has the highest net margin (Exelon (EXC) 11.0%, Public Service Enterprise (PEG) 15.4%, Sempra (SRE) 16.7%). On return on invested capital, Public Service Enterprise (PEG) leads (Exelon (EXC) 5.4%, Public Service Enterprise (PEG) 6.4%, Sempra (SRE) 1.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Exelon (EXC) returned the most: Exelon (EXC) -7.3%, Public Service Enterprise (PEG) -13.2%, Sempra (SRE) -9.2%. Over five years, Sempra (SRE) compounded fastest (Exelon (EXC) +3.7%/yr, Public Service Enterprise (PEG) +2.4%/yr, Sempra (SRE) +5.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Exelon (EXC) has the highest dividend yield: Exelon (EXC) 0.04%, Public Service Enterprise (PEG) 0.04%, Sempra (SRE) 0.00%. Sempra (SRE) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Public Service Enterprise (PEG) has been the steadiest (Exelon (EXC) 20.1%, Public Service Enterprise (PEG) 19.0%, Sempra (SRE) 20.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, EXC, PEG and SRE?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Exelon (EXC) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.