CNP vs. DTE, D, EBR, FTS, NRG, PPL, ES, AGR, FE, and ETR
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), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Fortis (FTS), NRG Energy (NRG), PPL (PPL), Eversource Energy (ES), Avangrid (AGR), FirstEnergy (FE), and Entergy (ETR). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) and DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
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.
DTE Energy received 17 more outperform votes than CenterPoint Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.25% of users gave DTE Energy an outperform vote while only 56.27% of users gave CenterPoint Energy an outperform vote.
CenterPoint Energy presently has a consensus price target of $30.18, indicating a potential upside of 4.08%. DTE Energy has a consensus price target of $115.10, indicating a potential upside of 3.58%. Given CenterPoint Energy's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CenterPoint Energy is more favorable than DTE Energy.
In the previous week, DTE Energy had 7 more articles in the media than CenterPoint Energy. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for DTE Energy and 11 mentions for CenterPoint Energy. CenterPoint Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat DTE Energy's score of 0.73 indicating that CenterPoint Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CenterPoint Energy has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DTE Energy has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DTE Energy has a net margin of 10.96% compared to CenterPoint Energy's net margin of 10.55%. DTE Energy's return on equity of 11.00% beat CenterPoint Energy's return on equity.
CenterPoint Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. DTE Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. CenterPoint Energy pays out 58.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DTE Energy pays out 60.4% 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.
91.8% of CenterPoint Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of DTE Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of CenterPoint Energy 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
DTE Energy beats CenterPoint Energy on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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