D vs. DTE, CNP, AEP, ES, EIX, FE, ETR, PPL, FTS, and SO
Should you be buying Dominion Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dominion Energy include DTE Energy (DTE), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), American Electric Power (AEP), Eversource Energy (ES), Edison International (EIX), FirstEnergy (FE), Entergy (ETR), PPL (PPL), Fortis (FTS), and Southern (SO). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Dominion Energy vs.
Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) and DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Dominion Energy had 5 more articles in the media than DTE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Dominion Energy and 13 mentions for DTE Energy. Dominion Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat DTE Energy's score of 0.56 indicating that Dominion Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dominion Energy currently has a consensus price target of $66.08, indicating a potential upside of 18.81%. DTE Energy has a consensus price target of $129.22, indicating a potential upside of 19.21%. Given DTE Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DTE Energy is more favorable than Dominion Energy.
Dominion Energy has a net margin of 5.79% compared to DTE Energy's net margin of 5.63%. Dominion Energy's return on equity of 13.35% beat DTE Energy's return on equity.
Dominion Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. DTE Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Dominion Energy pays out 245.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DTE Energy pays out 69.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DTE Energy has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DTE Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Dominion Energy. DTE Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dominion Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dominion Energy received 118 more outperform votes than DTE Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.21% of users gave DTE Energy an outperform vote while only 54.92% of users gave Dominion Energy an outperform vote.
70.3% of Dominion Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.6% of DTE Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Dominion Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of DTE Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
DTE Energy beats Dominion Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding D and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Dominion Energy Competitors List
