DT Midstream (DTM) Competitors

DT Midstream (NYSE:DTM) and Vistra (NYSE:VST) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings and risk.

Is DTM or VST more profitable?

DT Midstream has a net margin of 41.19% compared to Vistra's net margin of 12.51%. Vistra's return on equity of 57.63% beat DT Midstream's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DT Midstream	41.19%	9.31%	4.53%
Vistra	12.51%	57.63%	6.02%

Which has more risk & volatility, DTM or VST?

DT Midstream has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vistra has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate DTM or VST?

DT Midstream presently has a consensus target price of $108.27, suggesting a potential upside of 11.14%. Vistra has a consensus target price of $166.17, suggesting a potential upside of 28.13%. Given Vistra's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vistra is more favorable than DT Midstream.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DT Midstream	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36
Vistra	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, DTM or VST?

Vistra has higher revenue and earnings than DT Midstream. Vistra is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DT Midstream, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DT Midstream	$981M	10.09	$384M	$3.60	27.06
Vistra	$17.22B	2.56	$1.49B	$7.05	18.40

Is DTM or VST a better dividend stock?

DT Midstream pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Vistra pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. DT Midstream pays out 91.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vistra pays out 12.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media refer more to DTM or VST?

In the previous week, Vistra had 13 more articles in the media than DT Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Vistra and 25 mentions for DT Midstream. Vistra's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat DT Midstream's score of 1.20 indicating that Vistra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DT Midstream	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vistra	29 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DTM or VST?

81.5% of DT Midstream shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Vistra shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of DT Midstream shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Vistra shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DTM or VST?

Vistra received 266 more outperform votes than DT Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.32% of users gave Vistra an outperform vote while only 43.00% of users gave DT Midstream an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DT Midstream	Outperform Votes 43 43.00%	Underperform Votes 57 57.00%
Vistra	Outperform Votes 309 67.32%	Underperform Votes 150 32.68%

Summary

Vistra beats DT Midstream on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.