DTE Energy Company: Issues in-line guidance for FY11
DTE Energy Company (NYSE:DTE). Last Market Price: 52.12, Change: -0.07, % Change: (-0.13%). Shares trade in the range of 51.55 – 52.65 dollars. It has a market capitalization of 8.83B dollars, making it a Mid Cap Stock and has 169.33M outstanding shares. The company has a beta of 0.64, indicating, the stock to be less volatile than the market. As per the most recent quarterly report, the net income per share (EPS) is 4.19; P/E of 12.43 indicating, that the stock price to be fair valued. It operates in Utilities sector and belongs to Electric Utilities industry. Percentage shares held by institutional investors is 58%. The company has a 52 week Price range (low – high) of $ 43.22 – 52.82. Average volumes of shares traded daily are 1,260,000. Volume traded in the last session was at 1,350,000, 1.07 times the average volume.
- Reports Q3 (Sep)
- EPS of $1.07, better than the market estimates
- Revenues rose 5.9% year/year to $2.27 billion
- Company issues in-line guidance for FY11, sees EPS of $3.50-3.70
For Q2 (Jun ’11), It had a Net profit margin of 9.86%, an Operating margin of 14.20%. Other Key stats and ratios are : Return on average assets of 3.27%, Return on average equity of 11.93%. The organization has an employee strength of 9,800
Consensus Recommendation is a Hold.
Estimate for sales for the Year Ending Dec-11 show a mean of 8,668.27 million dollars, an estimate high of 8,819.00 million dollars and an estimate low of 8,321.83 million dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 8,800.66 million dollars.
Estimate for sales for the Year Ending Dec-12 show a mean of 8,901.79 million dollars, an estimate high of 9,198.20 million dollars and an estimate low of 8,516.30 million dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 8,953.31 million dollars.
Estimate for EPS for the Year Ending Dec-11 show a mean of 3.60 dollars, an estimate high of 3.70 dollars and an estimate low of 3.54 dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 3.72 dollars.
Estimate for EPS for the Year Ending Dec-12 show a mean of 3.74 dollars, an estimate high of 3.85 dollars and an estimate low of 3.64 dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 3.85 dollars.
Sales for Quarter Ending Sep-11 was estimated at 2,132.96 million dollars, however the actual sales figure stood at 2,265.00 million dollars, 132.04 million dollars more than estimates.
Sales for Quarter Ending Jun-11 was estimated at 1,930.44 million dollars, however the actual sales figure stood at 2,028.00 million dollars, 97.56 million dollars more than estimates.
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