DTE vs. CNP, D, ETR, FE, ES, PPL, FTS, EIX, EBR, and NRG
Should you be buying DTE Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DTE Energy include CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Dominion Energy (D), Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), Eversource Energy (ES), PPL (PPL), Fortis (FTS), Edison International (EIX), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), and NRG Energy (NRG). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE) and CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
DTE Energy has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CenterPoint Energy has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DTE Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. CenterPoint Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. DTE Energy pays out 60.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CenterPoint Energy pays out 58.8% 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 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.
In the previous week, DTE Energy had 11 more articles in the media than CenterPoint Energy. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for DTE Energy and 10 mentions for CenterPoint Energy. CenterPoint Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat DTE Energy's score of 0.70 indicating that CenterPoint Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
76.1% of DTE Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of CenterPoint Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of DTE Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of CenterPoint Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
DTE Energy presently has a consensus price target of $115.10, indicating a potential upside of 3.74%. CenterPoint Energy has a consensus price target of $30.18, indicating a potential upside of 3.08%. Given DTE Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe DTE Energy is more favorable than CenterPoint Energy.
Summary
DTE Energy beats CenterPoint Energy on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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