D vs. DTE, CNP, AEP, VST, EIX, ETR, FE, PPL, ES, 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), Vistra (VST), Edison International (EIX), Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), PPL (PPL), Eversource Energy (ES), and Fortis (FTS). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) and DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of DTE Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Dominion Energy presently has a consensus target price of $51.73, suggesting a potential downside of 3.82%. DTE Energy has a consensus target price of $116.30, suggesting a potential downside of 0.07%. Given DTE Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe DTE Energy is more favorable than Dominion Energy.
Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DTE Energy has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, DTE Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Dominion Energy. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for DTE Energy and 18 mentions for Dominion Energy. DTE Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Dominion Energy's score of 0.97 indicating that DTE Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dominion Energy received 106 more outperform votes than DTE Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.35% of users gave DTE Energy an outperform vote while only 52.71% of users gave Dominion Energy an outperform vote.
Dominion Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. DTE Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Dominion Energy pays out 137.6% 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 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 has a net margin of 11.57% compared to DTE Energy's net margin of 10.36%. DTE Energy's return on equity of 11.53% beat Dominion Energy's return on equity.
Summary
DTE Energy beats Dominion Energy on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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