D vs. DTE, CNP, AEP, EIX, VST, ETR, FE, ES, PPL, and FTS
Should you be buying Dominion Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dominion Energy include DTE Energy (DTE), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), American Electric Power (AEP), Edison International (EIX), Vistra (VST), Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), Eversource Energy (ES), PPL (PPL), and Fortis (FTS). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) and DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Dominion Energy has higher revenue and earnings than DTE Energy. DTE Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dominion Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dominion Energy received 108 more outperform votes than DTE Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.25% of users gave DTE Energy an outperform vote while only 53.00% of users gave Dominion Energy an outperform vote.
Dominion Energy has a net margin of 12.40% compared to DTE Energy's net margin of 10.36%. DTE Energy's return on equity of 11.63% beat Dominion Energy's return on equity.
73.0% of Dominion Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of DTE Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Dominion Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of DTE Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Dominion Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. DTE Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Dominion Energy pays out 114.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DTE Energy pays out 66.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Dominion Energy presently has a consensus target price of $49.10, indicating a potential downside of 2.68%. DTE Energy has a consensus target price of $115.10, indicating a potential upside of 5.09%. Given DTE Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe DTE Energy is more favorable than Dominion Energy.
In the previous week, Dominion Energy had 6 more articles in the media than DTE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Dominion Energy and 25 mentions for DTE Energy. Dominion Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat DTE Energy's score of 0.43 indicating that Dominion Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DTE Energy has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
DTE Energy beats Dominion Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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