Question 1

Which is bigger, DTE or DUK?

Accepted Answer

Duke Energy Corporation is the larger company — market cap $94.6B vs $26.9B for DTE Energy Company.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, DTE or DUK?

Accepted Answer

DUK keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 15.8% vs 8.0% for DTE.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, DTE or DUK?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, DUK trades at a lower P/E — 18.0 vs 20.4 for DTE. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, DTE or DUK?

Accepted Answer

DUK yields 3.58% vs 3.36% for DTE.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — DTE or DUK?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, DTE leads 5 of 11 comparable metrics and DUK leads 6. StockCV rates DTE “Strained” and DUK “Strained”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	DTE	DUK
Price	$129.50	$121.35
Market cap	$26.9B	$94.6B
Revenue (TTM)	$16.5B	$33.3B
Revenue growth	+11.3%	+3.9%
Net margin	8.0%	15.8%
Free cash flow	-$1.57B	-$4.27B
Net cash (debt)	($26.1B)	($82.5B)
1-year price return	-8.5%	-4.7%
P/E	20.4	18.0
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	58%	95%
Dividend yield	3.36%	3.58%
Return on equity	11%	10%
Altman Z-score	0.80	0.56
CV checks passed	8 of 11	8 of 11
Employees	9,650	26,441

DTE Energy Company vs Duke Energy Corporation