Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, power company Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG 0.11%) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at PSEG and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

PSEG facts

Headquarters (founded)

Newark, N.J. (1985)

Market Cap

$14.9 billion

Industry

Multi-utilities

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$10.0 billion

Management

Chairman/CEO Ralph Izzo

CFO Caroline Dorsa

Return on Equity (average, past 3 years)

14.9%

Cash/Debt

$798.0 million / $8.3 billion

Dividend Yield

4.8%

Competitors

Consolidated Edison (ED 0.63%)

Delmarva Power & Light Company

FirstEnergy (FE 0.48%)

Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 95% of the 348 members who have rated PSEG believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.

Just last week, one of those Fools, kurtdabear, tapped the stock as a particularly timely bargain pick:

[PSEG] has been artificially beaten down recently by the events surrounding Superstorm Sandy, but longer term, the company has a lot of initiatives in place to help it grow earnings. Its Sandy losses are insured and short-term and will soon be forgotten. Meanwhile its growing transmission and generation segments should add nicely to future earnings. ... [PSEG] also does not hesitate to raise its dividends as earnings allow. One caveat: If the Feds lose control of interest rates or change their low-rate policy, be ready to bail out because that's always bad for utilities.

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