DTE vs. SRE, D, PCG, PEG, ED, WEC, AEE, CNP, CMS, and NI
Should you be buying DTE Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DTE Energy include Sempra (SRE), Dominion Energy (D), PG&E (PCG), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Ameren (AEE), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), CMS Energy (CMS), and NiSource (NI). These companies are all part of the "multi-utilities" industry.
DTE Energy vs.
Sempra (NYSE:SRE) and DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. DTE Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Sempra pays out 56.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DTE Energy pays out 58.9% 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. Sempra has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years and DTE Energy has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Sempra is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Sempra has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DTE Energy has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sempra has a net margin of 22.63% compared to DTE Energy's net margin of 11.27%. DTE Energy's return on equity of 12.42% beat Sempra's return on equity.
Sempra received 1 more outperform votes than DTE Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.27% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote while only 58.29% of users gave DTE Energy an outperform vote.
Sempra currently has a consensus price target of $80.75, indicating a potential upside of 5.11%. DTE Energy has a consensus price target of $140.93, indicating a potential upside of 5.29%. Given DTE Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DTE Energy is more favorable than Sempra.
In the previous week, Sempra and Sempra both had 11 articles in the media. Sempra's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat DTE Energy's score of 1.30 indicating that Sempra is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sempra has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DTE Energy. Sempra is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DTE Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
89.7% of Sempra shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of DTE Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Sempra shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of DTE Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Sempra beats DTE Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DTE) was last updated on 6/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
