Polar Power (NASDAQ:POLA – Get Free Report) and DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE – Get Free Report) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.
Volatility and Risk
Polar Power has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DTE Energy has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Polar Power and DTE Energy”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Polar Power | $11.97 million | 0.54 | -$4.68 million | ($0.61) | -4.00 |
| DTE Energy | $14.82 billion | 1.91 | $1.40 billion | $6.66 | 20.43 |
DTE Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Polar Power. Polar Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DTE Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Polar Power and DTE Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Polar Power | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| DTE Energy | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2.64 |
DTE Energy has a consensus price target of $149.17, indicating a potential upside of 9.62%. Given DTE Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DTE Energy is more favorable than Polar Power.
Profitability
This table compares Polar Power and DTE Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Polar Power | -38.21% | -39.10% | -25.54% |
| DTE Energy | 10.16% | 12.72% | 3.01% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
26.1% of Polar Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of DTE Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 32.5% of Polar Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of DTE Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
DTE Energy beats Polar Power on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Polar Power
Polar Power, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells direct current (DC) power generators, renewable energy, and cooling systems in the United States and internationally. The company offers DC base power systems, DC hybrid power systems, DC solar hybrid power systems, and mobile power systems. Its DC power systems are available in diesel, natural gas, LPG/propane, and renewable fuel formats. It serves customers in the telecommunications, military, commercial, industrial, and marine markets. In addition, the company sells its products through a direct sales force, and independent service providers and dealers. The company was formerly known as Polar Products, Inc. and changed its name to Polar Power, Inc. in October 1991. Polar Power, Inc. was incorporated in 1979 and is based in Gardena, California.
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.
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