CNP vs. DTE, D, FTS, EBR, PPL, ES, NRG, FE, ETR, and AGR
Should you be buying CenterPoint Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CenterPoint Energy include DTE Energy (DTE), Dominion Energy (D), Fortis (FTS), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), PPL (PPL), Eversource Energy (ES), NRG Energy (NRG), FirstEnergy (FE), Entergy (ETR), and Avangrid (AGR). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE) and CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, CenterPoint Energy had 10 more articles in the media than DTE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for CenterPoint Energy and 12 mentions for DTE Energy. DTE Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat CenterPoint Energy's score of 0.88 indicating that CenterPoint Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
76.1% of DTE Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of CenterPoint Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of DTE Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of CenterPoint Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CenterPoint Energy has a net margin of 11.03% compared to CenterPoint Energy's net margin of 10.36%. CenterPoint Energy's return on equity of 11.53% beat DTE Energy's return on equity.
DTE Energy currently has a consensus price target of $115.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.44%. CenterPoint Energy has a consensus price target of $30.18, suggesting a potential upside of 2.48%. Given DTE Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CenterPoint Energy is more favorable than DTE Energy.
DTE Energy received 18 more outperform votes than CenterPoint Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.30% of users gave DTE Energy an outperform vote while only 56.20% of users gave CenterPoint Energy an outperform vote.
DTE Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. CenterPoint Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. DTE Energy pays out 66.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CenterPoint Energy pays out 56.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. DTE Energy has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and CenterPoint Energy has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. DTE Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
DTE Energy has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CenterPoint Energy has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DTE Energy has higher revenue and earnings than CenterPoint Energy. DTE Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CenterPoint Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
DTE Energy beats CenterPoint Energy on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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