CNP vs. DTE, D, EBR, FTS, PPL, ES, NRG, FE, ETR, and AGR
Should you be buying CenterPoint Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CenterPoint Energy include DTE Energy (DTE), Dominion Energy (D), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Fortis (FTS), PPL (PPL), Eversource Energy (ES), NRG Energy (NRG), FirstEnergy (FE), Entergy (ETR), and Avangrid (AGR). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) and DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
CenterPoint Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. DTE Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. CenterPoint Energy pays out 56.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DTE Energy pays out 66.8% 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.
CenterPoint Energy has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DTE Energy has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, DTE Energy had 6 more articles in the media than CenterPoint Energy. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for DTE Energy and 8 mentions for CenterPoint Energy. DTE Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat CenterPoint Energy's score of 1.06 indicating that DTE Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DTE Energy received 18 more outperform votes than CenterPoint Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.30% of users gave DTE Energy an outperform vote while only 56.20% of users gave CenterPoint Energy an outperform vote.
91.8% of CenterPoint Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of DTE Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of CenterPoint Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of DTE Energy shares are owned by company 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.
CenterPoint Energy has a net margin of 11.03% compared to DTE Energy's net margin of 10.36%. DTE Energy's return on equity of 11.53% beat CenterPoint Energy's return on equity.
CenterPoint Energy currently has a consensus target price of $30.18, suggesting a potential upside of 0.34%. DTE Energy has a consensus target price of $115.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.94%. Given CenterPoint Energy's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe CenterPoint Energy is more favorable than DTE Energy.
DTE Energy has higher revenue and earnings than CenterPoint Energy. DTE Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CenterPoint Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
DTE Energy beats CenterPoint Energy on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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