DTE vs. PCG, SRE, D, PEG, 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 PG&E (PCG), Sempra (SRE), Dominion Energy (D), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), 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 (NYSE:DTE) and PG&E (NYSE:PCG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
PG&E received 393 more outperform votes than DTE Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.22% of users gave PG&E an outperform vote while only 58.35% of users gave DTE Energy an outperform vote.
DTE Energy has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PG&E has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DTE Energy has a net margin of 10.36% compared to PG&E's net margin of 10.05%. DTE Energy's return on equity of 11.53% beat PG&E's return on equity.
76.1% of DTE Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of PG&E shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of DTE Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of PG&E shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
DTE Energy presently has a consensus target price of $116.30, indicating a potential downside of 0.20%. PG&E has a consensus target price of $19.75, indicating a potential upside of 6.53%. Given PG&E's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PG&E is more favorable than DTE Energy.
In the previous week, PG&E had 7 more articles in the media than DTE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for PG&E and 7 mentions for DTE Energy. DTE Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat PG&E's score of 0.67 indicating that DTE Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PG&E has higher revenue and earnings than DTE Energy. PG&E 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 pays an annual dividend of $4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. PG&E pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. DTE Energy pays out 66.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PG&E pays out 3.6% 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.
Summary
DTE Energy and PG&E tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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