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DTE Energy Co

DTENYSE

SectorUtilities

IndustryMulti-Utilities

Beta (adjusted)0.59

Intrinsic Value $117.77median of 5 methods · middle span $113-$154based on filings through 31 Mar 2026

Market Price $123.27Price as of 1 Oct 2026

Near fair valueIntrinsic value is 4% below the market price

−50% · IV below pricenear fair value ±15%IV above price · +50%

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Market Cap $25.7B

Enterprise Value $50.7B

Shares Outstanding 208M diluted

Moat Rating None

Next Earnings Date31 Dec 2026

Last ex-dividend21 Sep 2026

All prices and values are periodic snapshots, not live quotes. Source dates are shown for reference.

Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

DTE's confirmed 2026 operating EPS guidance, substantial regulated-utility investment program, improving grid reliability and prospective data-center load support a constructive operating outlook. The offset is material execution and regulatory dependence: the company must recover infrastructure investment, deliver large storage projects and bring the first data center online by the end of 2027 to realize anticipated affordability benefits.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets14 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$149.00

Mean target$159.89

High · most bullish analyst$168.00

Street targets sit above today's price; our intrinsic value sits below it. Different horizons, different questions.

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 2 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$149.0020%

Operating EPS falls below guidance, regulatory recovery is weaker or slower than planned, major capital projects experience cost or schedule pressure, or the first data center misses its planned year-end 2027 in-service timing. Those outcomes would delay load-growth and affordability benefits while increasing financing and execution pressure.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$159.8955%

Matches the consensus mean

DTE delivers within its $7.59-$7.73 operating EPS guidance, continues its utility investment program and progresses storage and data-center infrastructure broadly on schedule, while regulatory outcomes and project execution remain manageable.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$168.0025%

DTE delivers within or above its confirmed 2026 operating EPS range, reliability investment produces further service gains, the first data center begins service by year-end 2027, and the 1.5-gigawatt storage program advances without material delay. These outcomes would strengthen regulated growth visibility and spread fixed system costs across a larger customer base.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

DTE reaffirmed full-year 2026 operating EPS guidance of $7.59-$7.73 after reporting $3.27 of operating diluted EPS for the first six months.
DTE invested more than $2.6 billion in its utilities during the first half of 2026, while smart-grid technology prevented more than 49,000 outages during that period.
Data-center contracts are expected to contribute nearly $9 billion to electric-system improvements through 2045, while the announced storage procurement covers eight projects totaling 1.5 gigawatts and 6 gigawatt-hours.

Key Investment Risks

The April 2026 electric-rate filing requests $474.3 million and remains subject to an approximately ten-month regulatory review, creating uncertainty over timing and the amount of recovery.
DTE's planned pause in additional electric-rate requests depends on the first data center entering service by year-end 2027 and on other regulatory approvals.
The $1.6 billion battery-storage procurement and broader utility investment program expose DTE to construction, supply-chain, financing and schedule-execution risk.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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