Critical Comparison: P10 (OTCMKTS:PIOE) versus DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE)

DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE) and P10 (OTCMKTS:PIOE) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for DTE Energy and P10, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DTE Energy	0	4	8	0	2.67
P10	0	0	0	0	0.00

DTE Energy presently has a consensus target price of $138.58, indicating a potential upside of 2.24%. Given DTE Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe DTE Energy is more favorable than P10.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

76.1% of DTE Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of DTE Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of P10 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares DTE Energy and P10″s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DTE Energy	$12.46 billion	2.26	$1.40 billion	$6.77	20.02
P10	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

DTE Energy has higher revenue and earnings than P10.

Profitability

This table compares DTE Energy and P10’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DTE Energy	11.27%	12.42%	2.94%
P10	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

DTE Energy beats P10 on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About DTE Energy

DTE Energy Company engages in the utility operations. The company's Electric segment generates, purchases, distributes, and sells electricity to various residential, commercial, and industrial customers in southeastern Michigan. It generates electricity through coal-fired plants, hydroelectric pumped storage, and nuclear plants, as well as wind and solar assets. This segment owns and operates distribution substations and line transformers. The company's Gas segment purchases, stores, transports, distributes, and sells natural gas to various residential, commercial, and industrial customers throughout Michigan; and sells storage and transportation capacity. Its DTE Vantage segment offers metallurgical and petroleum coke to steel and other industries; and power generation, steam production, chilled water production, and wastewater treatment services, as well as air supplies compressed air to industrial customers. Its Energy Trading segment engages in power, natural gas, and environmental marketing and trading; structured transactions; and the optimization of contracted natural gas pipeline transportation and storage positions. The company was founded in 1849 and is based in Detroit, Michigan.

About P10

P10 Holdings, Inc. is an alternative asset management investment firm. The firm’s purpose is to create long-term value by providing risk-adjusted returns through private equity funds-of-funds, secondary funds, and co-investment funds. It focusses on long-term value creation in opportunities where it sees significant potential for sustainable profit growth. The company was founded by Joseph F. Pinkerton in 1992 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.