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DTE Energy (DTE) Competitors

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DTE vs. AEP, EVRG, LNT, AEE, CMS, DUK, PNW, WEC, SRE, and D

Should you be buying DTE Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DTE Energy include American Electric Power (AEP), Evergy (EVRG), Alliant Energy (LNT), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), Duke Energy (DUK), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Sempra Energy (SRE), and Dominion Energy (D). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

DTE Energy vs. Its Competitors

DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE) and American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

DTE Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. DTE Energy pays out 62.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Electric Power pays out 54.4% 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. DTE Energy has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and American Electric Power has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. American Electric Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, DTE Energy and DTE Energy both had 20 articles in the media. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat DTE Energy's score of -0.09 indicating that American Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
DTE Energy
9 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
American Electric Power
19 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

76.1% of DTE Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of DTE Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

DTE Energy presently has a consensus target price of $144.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.56%. American Electric Power has a consensus target price of $111.63, suggesting a potential downside of 2.74%. Given DTE Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe DTE Energy is more favorable than American Electric Power.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
DTE Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54
American Electric Power
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.31

American Electric Power has a net margin of 17.68% compared to DTE Energy's net margin of 10.16%. DTE Energy's return on equity of 12.72% beat American Electric Power's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
DTE Energy10.16% 12.72% 3.01%
American Electric Power 17.68%11.55%3.11%

American Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than DTE Energy. American Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DTE Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
DTE Energy$14.20B2.07$1.40B$6.9520.40
American Electric Power$19.72B3.11$2.97B$6.8416.78

DTE Energy has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Electric Power has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

DTE Energy and American Electric Power tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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.
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DTE vs. The Competition

MetricDTE EnergyUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$29.43B$25.95B$16.64B$22.18B
Dividend Yield3.13%3.51%4.62%3.55%
P/E Ratio20.4019.4356.8930.12
Price / Sales2.074.3035.8670.30
Price / Cash9.059.2719.3418.34
Price / Book2.512.362.264.67
Net Income$1.40B$1.43B$748.50M$1.01B
7 Day Performance0.66%2.93%6.36%1.52%
1 Month Performance3.92%5.99%8.79%3.50%
1 Year Performance11.66%15.19%118.78%14.43%

DTE Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DTE
DTE Energy
4.2249 of 5 stars
$141.79
+1.3%
$144.00
+1.6%
+10.3%$29.43B$14.20B20.409,500Analyst Upgrade
AEP
American Electric Power
4.278 of 5 stars
$109.78
+0.6%
$111.63
+1.7%
+13.7%$58.71B$19.72B16.0516,330Positive News
Insider Trade
EVRG
Evergy
3.3145 of 5 stars
$75.06
+1.3%
$74.44
-0.8%
+27.0%$17.28B$5.85B20.624,731
LNT
Alliant Energy
3.9924 of 5 stars
$66.78
+1.1%
$65.50
-1.9%
+11.0%$17.16B$3.98B20.612,998Positive News
AEE
Ameren
4.2579 of 5 stars
$103.48
+1.4%
$105.75
+2.2%
+18.1%$27.98B$7.62B22.748,981Positive News
CMS
CMS Energy
4.2423 of 5 stars
$72.75
+1.3%
$77.25
+6.2%
+1.6%$21.78B$7.52B21.528,324Positive News
DUK
Duke Energy
4.4851 of 5 stars
$122.71
-0.3%
$131.00
+6.8%
+8.4%$95.42B$30.36B19.9526,413Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
3.7324 of 5 stars
$87.65
+1.0%
$96.00
+9.5%
+2.6%$10.47B$5.12B18.076,403
WEC
WEC Energy Group
4.226 of 5 stars
$114.16
+1.2%
$106.89
-6.4%
+18.6%$36.75B$8.60B21.877,017Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SRE
Sempra Energy
4.6285 of 5 stars
$89.74
+1.3%
$84.55
-5.8%
+10.7%$58.55B$13.19B21.6816,773Positive News
D
Dominion Energy
3.7724 of 5 stars
$60.96
+1.0%
$60.33
-1.0%
+5.7%$52.03B$14.46B21.0214,700

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