Why This 1 Value Stock Could Be a Great Addition to Your Portfolio

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While you may have an investing style you rely on, finding great stocks is made easier with the Zacks Style Scores. These are complementary indicators that rate stocks based on value, growth, and/or momentum characteristics.

Why Investors Should Pay Attention to This Value Stock

Value investors love finding good stocks at good prices, especially before the broader market catches on to a stock's true value. Utilizing ratios like P/E, PEG, Price/Sales, and Price/Cash Flow, the Value Style Score identifies the most attractive and most discounted stocks.

DTE Energy (DTE)

Detroit, MI-based DTE Energy Company (DTE), incorporated in 1995, is a holding company with subsidiaries engaged in regulated and unregulated energy businesses. The company’s two largest regulated subsidiaries comprise DTE Electric Company and DTE Gas Company. DTE Energy also has three non-utility segments engaged in a variety of energy-related businesses. The company’s unregulated businesses include gas storage and pipelines; power and industrial projects, and energy trading operations.

DTE sits at a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), holds a Value Style Score of B, and has a VGM Score of B. Compared to the Utility - Electric Power industry's P/E of 16.2X, shares of DTE Energy are trading at a forward P/E of 17.2X. DTE also has a PEG Ratio of 2.9, a Price/Cash Flow ratio of 7.6X, and a Price/Sales ratio of 1.4X.

Many value investors pay close attention to a company's earnings as well. For DTE, three analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days, and the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.03 to $6.20 per share for 2023. Per share DTE boasts an average earnings surprise of 4.1%.

DTE should be on investors' short lists because of its impressive earnings and valuation fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and strong Value and VGM Style Scores.

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