COMPARE · Data as of August 21, 2026
AEP vs DTE
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. AEP scored 63.3, DTE scored 57.9 — AEP leads.
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Different reporting periods. AEP's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but DTE's are as of March 2026 — a 3-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
AEP
American Electric Power Company, Inc.
63.3
$120.94 · $65.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
5.4
AEP leads
DTE
DTE Energy Company
57.9
$135.22 · $28.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
- CheapestDTE2.1x
- Fastest growthDTE+16.1%
- Strongest balance sheetAEP1.61
- Highest qualityDTE49 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/S multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
AEP
stronger →← stronger
DTE
48
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
49
84
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
84
64
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
47
AEP and DTE split the three pillars evenly.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
AEP
DTE
-$2.4bF
FCF
-$1.5bF
+10.9%B
Rev
+16.1%B+
1.61C+
D/E
2.29C
2.9xB
P/S
2.1xB+
2.15C
PEG
1.96C+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Model signals
AEP
Why this score
- Short track record
DTE
Why this score
- Raising its dividend
The companies
AEPAmerican Electric Power Company, Inc.
Why now
Utilities - Regulated Electric · market cap $65.8b. 14% off the 52-week high of $140.58. Revenue growing +11%, comfortably above the S&P median. 20 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $144.20 (implying +19% upside).
Moat
Net margin 14% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 10% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. $65.8b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Free cash flow is negative (-$2.4b) — capital raises or debt issuance likely required; dilution / leverage risk.
DTEDTE Energy Company
Why now
Utilities - Regulated Electric · market cap $28.1b. 13% off the 52-week high of $155.75. Revenue growing +16%, comfortably above the S&P median. 14 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $159.46 (implying +18% upside).
Moat
ROE 10% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere.
Risk
D/E 2.29 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer. Free cash flow is negative (-$1.5b) — capital raises or debt issuance likely required; dilution / leverage risk.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where AEP and DTE diverge
On the headline score the gap is 5.4 points in favor of AEP. The widest single difference is Value, where AEP leads by 16.3 points.
- ValueAEP 63.7 · DTE 47.4AEP +16.3
- QualityAEP 47.6 · DTE 48.9level
- GrowthAEP 83.9 · DTE 83.8level
Pillars run 0–100 against sector peers, so a score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.