DTE vs. SRE, D, PEG, PCG, 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 Energy (SRE), Dominion Energy (D), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Pacific Gas & Electric (PCG), 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. Its Competitors
DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE) and Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.
DTE Energy has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sempra Energy has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DTE Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Sempra Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. DTE Energy pays out 58.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sempra Energy pays out 56.7% 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 Sempra Energy has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Sempra Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Sempra Energy had 1 more articles in the media than DTE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Sempra Energy and 16 mentions for DTE Energy. Sempra Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat DTE Energy's score of 1.27 indicating that Sempra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sempra Energy has higher revenue and earnings than DTE Energy. Sempra Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DTE Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DTE Energy presently has a consensus target price of $140.93, suggesting a potential upside of 7.99%. Sempra Energy has a consensus target price of $80.83, suggesting a potential upside of 7.00%. Given DTE Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe DTE Energy is more favorable than Sempra Energy.
76.1% of DTE Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Sempra Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of DTE Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Sempra Energy shares are held 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.
Sempra Energy has a net margin of 22.15% compared to DTE Energy's net margin of 11.25%. DTE Energy's return on equity of 13.00% beat Sempra Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Sempra Energy beats DTE Energy on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:DTE) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
