DT Midstream (DTM) Competitors

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

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

81.5% of DT Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Vistra shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of DT Midstream shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Vistra shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, DTM or VST?

DT Midstream has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vistra has a beta of 1.21, meaning 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 $104.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.72%. Vistra has a consensus target price of $159.69, suggesting a potential upside of 37.97%. Given Vistra's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79

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 0.8%. 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 MarketBeat Community believe in 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 43.43% of users gave DT Midstream an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DT Midstream	Outperform Votes 43 43.43%	Underperform Votes 56 56.57%
Vistra	Outperform Votes 309 67.32%	Underperform Votes 150 32.68%

Does the media prefer DTM or VST?

In the previous week, Vistra had 32 more articles in the media than DT Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Vistra and 13 mentions for DT Midstream. DT Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Vistra's score of 1.08 indicating that DT Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DT Midstream	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vistra	29 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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	9.88	$384M	$3.60	26.50
Vistra	$17.22B	2.29	$1.49B	$7.05	16.42

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%

Summary

Vistra beats DT Midstream on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.