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DTE EnergyDTECompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Utilities›Electric Utilities

Regulated electric and gas utility serving southeastern Michigan, including Detroit.

Momentum neutral 56
Mkt cap
$28.1B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
100%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$186M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
16.6×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-2.0 pp
WACC 6.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Official | Implied
A / A
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
98 days
12 Feb 2027
Close · USD$135.08
1D+0.2%
1W-0.3%
1M+6.3%
3M-1.2%
6M-3.2%
YTD+6.4%
1Y+3.3%
ATR %1.9%
Beta0.03
52w lowhigh13.3% off high

What DTE Energy does

Regulated electric and gas utility serving southeastern Michigan, including Detroit.

Earns an allowed return on the plants, wires and pipes that Michigan's regulator lets it add to the rate base, so approved capital spending drives earnings. It owns the Fermi 2 nuclear plant and is retiring its coal plants in stages in favor of renewables. It spun off its pipeline arm, DT Midstream, in 2021.

Products and services

  • DTE Electric
  • DTE Gas

Customers

  • Residential, commercial and industrial ratepayers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Utilities
  • Electric utilities
  • Regulated generation, transmission…

What could go right

  • Michigan manufacturing/data-center electricity demand
  • Renewable rate-base growth

What could go wrong

  • Interest-rate sensitivity
  • Regulatory rate-case risk

Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, scale). Regulated Michigan monopoly territory with cost-of-service rate recovery.

Headquarters: Detroit, Michigan, US · Founded: 1903 · Employees: 9,650

Named competitors

DTE Energy at a glance

Size DTE Energy (DTE) is a United States Utilities company (Electric Utilities) with a market value of $28.1B, the 384th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $135.08 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 3.2%, against -1.5% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 17.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.1%); the operating margin is 12.6% (peer median 24.5%).

Valuation It trades at 16.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.8× (9th cheapest of 20).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.0 points below its cost of capital (6.0% WACC).

Credit DTE Energy has 36 bonds outstanding ($20.2B), rated A by the agencies and trading like A at a weighted spread of 71 bp.

Short interest Short interest is 2.8% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 12 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 100DTE 96
Six months, rebased to 100: DTE Energy against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

DTE Energy financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$16.3B$15.3B$12.3B$12.5B$19.2B
Revenue growth—+24%-1%-35%—
Gross profit$2.62B$2.58B$2.26B$2.34B$2.31B
EBITDA$4.04B$3.96B$3.56B$3.54B$3.36B
Net income$1.31B$1.46B$1.40B$1.39B$1.08B
Free cash flow-$1.93B-$1.00B-$794M-$689M-$1.39B
Capital expenditure$5.31B$4.43B$4.47B$3.93B$3.38B
Total debt$27.8B$26.3B$23.2B$21.0B$19.2B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

DTE Energy competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%-10%0%+10%0%+5%+10%PCGCNPPPLFEORSTED601985ES600025POWERGRIDFTSAEEH1816EBKNTPCFORTUMEIXTRNPEGDTE6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. DTE Energy is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-10%0%+10%+20%10×20×PCGCNPPPLFEORSTED601985ES0002600025POWERGRIDFTSAEEH1816NTPCFORTUMEIXTRNPEGDTERevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. DTE Energy is the large dot.

DTE Energy competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (DTE vs CMS vs AEP vs XEL)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
DTE Energy DTE$28.1B-3%+18%13%16.6×n/a
CMS Energy CMS$21.7B-5%+8%20%17.1×n/a
American Electric Power AEP$68.9B-3%+10%24%18.5×n/a
Xcel Energy XEL$51.1B+1%+4%22%18.1×n/a

How DTE Energy compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

DTE Energy against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureDTEPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+6.3%+6.1%11th highest of 21
6-month return-3.2%-1.5%8th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-13.3%-9.4%7th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+17.5%+7.1%highest of 21
Operating margin12.6%24.5%3rd lowest of 21
Forward P/E16.6×17.8×9th cheapest of 20
ROIC minus cost of capital-2.0 pp-0.8 pp4th lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA13.8×12.4×6th most expensive of 18
Net debt / EBITDA6.9×5.2×2nd most indebted of 18
Bond spread71 bp81 bp2nd tightest of 13

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
DTE Energy DTEUnited States$28.1B-3%+18%13%16.6×n/an/a
PG&E PCGUnited States$28.6B-19%+4%20%7.4×n/an/a
CenterPoint Energy CNPUnited States$27.0B-2%+8%24%19.9×n/an/a
PPL PPLUnited States$26.9B0%+7%24%17.0×n/an/a
FirstEnergy FEUnited States$26.9B+5%+12%19%16.1×n/an/a
Orsted ORSTED.CODenmark$29.5B-8%+15%2%20.4×n/an/a
China National Nuclear Power 601985.SSChina$29.8B+7%-2%27%26.1×n/an/a
Eversource Energy ESUnited States$26.3B+6%+8%22%14.3×-8.6%+8.8%
Clp 0002.HKHong Kong$26.1B+7%-2%16%17.9×1.6%+2.0%
Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower 600025.SSChina$30.7B+15%+4%48%23.1×3.8%+6.6%
Power Grid Corporation of India POWERGRID.NSIndia$25.6B-17%+3%55%14.4×n/an/a
Fortis FTS.TOCanada$31.0B+11%+4%28%22.5×n/an/a
Ameren AEEUnited States$31.2B+4%+4%25%20.0×n/an/a
Hydro One H.TOCanada$24.7B-2%+9%24%24.5×n/an/a
CGN Power 1816.HKHong Kong$32.3B-1%-16%31%13.8×n/an/a
ENBW Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg EBK.DEGermany$24.2B-3%+9%5%n/a5.2%+11.8%
NTPC NTPC.NSIndia$33.2B-19%+7%20%12.3×n/an/a
Fortum FORTUM.HEFinland$23.3B+15%+14%17%23.4×9.2%-36.7%
Edison International EIXUnited States$22.8B-14%+3%27%9.2×n/an/a
Terna TRN.MIItaly$22.0B-2%+11%42%17.8×n/an/a
Public Service Enterprise PEGUnited States$36.2B-5%+13%27%16.0×n/an/a

DTE Energy bonds and credit

DTE Energy has 36 bonds outstanding with $20.2B face value. The agencies rate it A; its bonds trade like A. Weighted yield 5.56%, a spread of 71 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are DTE Energy's main competitors?
Named competitors: CMS Energy (CMS), American Electric Power (AEP), Xcel Energy (XEL). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes PG&E (PCG), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), PPL (PPL), FirstEnergy (FE), Orsted (ORSTED.CO), China National Nuclear Power (601985.SS).
Is DTE Energy expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 16.6× against a peer median of 17.8×, 9th cheapest of 20 in its peer set.
How has DTE Energy stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -3.2% against -1.5% for the median peer; over one year +3.3%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.