DTE Energy (DTE) Competitors

DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE) and Sempra (NYSE:SRE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Is DTE or SRE a better dividend stock?

DTE Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. DTE Energy pays out 55.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sempra pays out 54.6% 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. DTE Energy has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Sempra has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DTE or SRE?

DTE Energy and Sempra both received 482 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 60.40% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote while only 58.42% of users gave DTE Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DTE Energy	Outperform Votes 482 58.42%	Underperform Votes 343 41.58%
Sempra	Outperform Votes 482 60.40%	Underperform Votes 316 39.60%

Do analysts prefer DTE or SRE?

DTE Energy currently has a consensus target price of $131.46, suggesting a potential upside of 9.47%. Sempra has a consensus target price of $89.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.46%. Given DTE Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe DTE Energy is more favorable than Sempra.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DTE Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Sempra	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91

Is DTE or SRE more profitable?

Sempra has a net margin of 22.63% compared to DTE Energy's net margin of 12.33%. DTE Energy's return on equity of 13.42% beat Sempra's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DTE Energy	12.33%	13.42%	3.20%
Sempra	22.63%	8.06%	3.04%

Which has better earnings & valuation, DTE or SRE?

Sempra has higher revenue and earnings than DTE Energy. DTE Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sempra, 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
DTE Energy	$12.42B	2.00	$1.40B	$7.38	16.27
Sempra	$12.92B	4.52	$3.08B	$4.54	20.31

Does the media prefer DTE or SRE?

In the previous week, Sempra had 10 more articles in the media than DTE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Sempra and 12 mentions for DTE Energy. Sempra's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat DTE Energy's score of 0.95 indicating that Sempra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DTE Energy	7 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sempra	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, DTE or SRE?

DTE Energy has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sempra has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DTE or SRE?

76.1% of DTE Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Sempra shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of DTE Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Sempra shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Sempra beats DTE Energy on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.