Public Service Enterprise Group has beaten earnings estimates in all 4 recent quarters with a 7.9% average surprise and leads its peer group in both growth and ROE, but the stock has reached analyst targets with only 0.7% upside remaining and negative free cash flow signals capital intensity concerns.
Thesis pillars
- Perfect Earnings Beat Streak→Stable
- Sector Growth Leadership→Stable
- Negative Fcf Concern→Stable
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG) Stock Analysis
Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Electric
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $73.81: Quality below floor (4.0 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.7/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend.
Public Service Enterprise Group operates through PSE&G, a franchised New Jersey utility distributing electricity to 2.4 million customers and natural gas to 1.9 million customers under BPU and FERC-regulated tariffs, and PSEG Power, a nuclear generator with 3,758 MW of capacity... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $73.81: Quality below floor (4.0 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.7/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 4.7/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, news events none recent, earnings proximity 59d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
About Public Service Enterprise Group
About Public Service Enterprise Group
Public Service Enterprise Group operates a predominantly nuclear-powered generation fleet alongside a fully regulated New Jersey utility, distributing electricity to 2.4 million customers and natural gas to 1.9 million customers across approximately 2,600 square miles. PSEG Power held 3,758 MW of nuclear capacity at year-end 2025, while PSE&G's distribution business operates on a New Jersey BPU-authorized $17.8 billion rate base with a 9.6% return on equity, following a BPU rate case order effective October 15, 2024.
PSE&G earns margins through two approved-rate channels: transmission, where formula rates based on FERC's authorized 9.90% base ROE (plus a 50 basis-point PJM membership adder) annually recover expenses and capital, and electric and gas distribution, where BPU-approved tariffs recover costs. A Conservation Incentive Program approved in 2021 decouples PSE&G's distribution margin from sales volumes — over 90% of electric and gas distribution margin now varies only with customer count, not usage. PSEG Power earns from PJM spot energy and capacity markets through Salem 1, Salem 2, and Hope Creek nuclear plants. The Inflation Reduction Act's nuclear production tax credit of up to $15 per MWh began January 2024 and runs through 2032; PSEG did not record PTCs in 2025 because gross receipts exceeded the threshold, meaning the credit functions primarily as a downside price floor.
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PSE&G's six active investment clause programs represent a multi-year rate-base growth driver totaling approximately $7.5 billion in approved capital, led by CEF-EE II ($2.9 billion over six years beginning 2025), CEF-EE ($1.6 billion), and GSMP III ($1.4 billion over three years beginning 2026). These programs recover costs through BPU clause mechanisms rather than traditional rate cases. A December 2023 PJM competitive award for an approximately $424 million 500 kV transmission line in Maryland and northern Virginia, directed for 2027 in-service, faces procedural delays before the Maryland Public Service Commission that make the 2027 target unreachable by PSEG's own assessment.
See also: Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Electric
From Public Service Enterprise Group's most recent 10-K filing, extracted June 11, 2026.
Recent developments
updated 2026-09-04Recent Developments — Public Service Enterprise Group
Latest news
- NEWS Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. stock underperforms Wednesday when compared to competitors - MarketWatch — MarketWatch negative
- NEWS Wells Fargo Sticks to Their Buy Rating for Public Service Enterprise (PEG) - The Globe and Mail — The Globe and Mail positive
- NEWS PEG Downgraded by Jefferies -- Price Target Lowered to $89.00 - GuruFocus — GuruFocus negative
- NEWS Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:PEG) Rating Lowered to Hold at Jefferies Financial Group - MarketBeat — MarketBeat negative
- NEWS Jefferies Downgrades Public Service Enterprise Group to Hold From Buy, Adjusts PT to $89 From $90 - marketscreener.com — marketscreener.com negative
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMregulatoryNew Jersey BPU10-K Item 1: 'revenues for these services are based upon tariffs approved by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU)'
- MEDIUMCommoditynuclear generation10-K Item 1: 'PSEG Power earns revenues primarily by selling energy and capacity from its nuclear generation units'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-04-23Item 5.02LOWOn April 21, 2026, PSEG Board appointed Geisha J. Williams to the GNS Committee and the Industrial Operations Committee, effective immediately. Amendment to original 8-K filed January 21, 2026 disclosing her election to the board effective March 1, 2026.SEC filing →
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1 floor-breaker
Revenue shrinking — -8.9% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $73.81: Quality below floor (4.0 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.7/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $71.67. Score 4.7/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $76.92 (+4.2% upside). Prior stop was $71.67. Stop-loss: $71.67.
Quality below floor (4.0 < 4.0); Value-trap signals (2/5): High leverage (D/E 2.3), Negative free cash flow.
Public Service Enterprise Group trades at a P/E of 18.3 (forward 15.7). TrendMatrix value score: 5.8/10. Verdict: Sell.
27 analysts cover PEG with a consensus score of 3.6/5. Average price target: $85.
What does Public Service Enterprise Group do?Public Service Enterprise Group operates through PSE&G, a franchised New Jersey utility distributing electricity to 2.4...
Public Service Enterprise Group operates through PSE&G, a franchised New Jersey utility distributing electricity to 2.4 million customers and natural gas to 1.9 million customers under BPU and FERC-regulated tariffs, and PSEG Power, a nuclear generator with 3,758 MW of capacity in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. PSE&G's distribution business runs on a $17.8 billion BPU-authorized rate base with a 9.6% return on equity; PSEG Power sells energy and capacity primarily into PJM spot markets.