DTE Energy key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, DTE Energy had return on equity of 12.2%, an operating margin of 15.0%, debt equal to 212.9% of equity and a current ratio of 0.80. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.2% | 16.0% | 14.5% | 12.5% | 12.9% | 12.0% | 14.0% | 13.6% | 11.2% | 11.8% | 13.6% | 10.0% | 9.1% | 17.6% | 16.8% | 15.0% | 13.3% |
| Net margin | 7.4% | 8.0% | 6.9% | 6.8% | 7.4% | 7.0% | 8.2% | 9.0% | 7.9% | 9.6% | 12.0% | 6.1% | 5.6% | 11.0% | 11.3% | 9.2% | 8.0% |
| Return on equity | 9.4% | 10.4% | 8.5% | 8.6% | 11.1% | 8.5% | 9.8% | 12.2% | 11.3% | 10.7% | 11.4% | 8.6% | 11.3% | 13.0% | 12.3% | 12.2% | 10.8% |
| Return on assets | 2.5% | 2.8% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 3.4% | 2.6% | 2.9% | 3.4% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 2.1% | 2.6% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 2.8% | 2.4% |
| Asset turnover | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.46 | 0.37 | 0.35 | 0.38 | 0.41 | 0.31 | 0.26 | 0.35 | 0.47 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.31 | 0.30 |
| Current ratio | 1.15 | 1.22 | 1.05 | 0.88 | 1.17 | 1.02 | 1.13 | 1.10 | 0.73 | 0.77 | 1.30 | 0.52 | 0.81 | 0.60 | 0.71 | 0.80 | 0.80 |
| Debt to equity | 121.5% | 116.0% | 109.5% | 104.1% | 108.3% | 111.7% | 131.7% | 137.0% | 140.2% | 150.6% | 158.1% | 209.9% | 185.5% | 190.0% | 198.4% | 212.9% | 227.0% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 2.7x | 2.9x | 2.9x | 2.8x | 3.7x | 2.8x | 3.1x | 3.2x | 2.9x | 2.5x | 2.6x | 2.4x | 2.6x | 2.8x | 2.2x | 2.2x | 1.9x |
| Effective tax rate | 32.7% | 27.0% | 29.8% | 27.5% | 28.5% | 24.2% | 24.5% | 13.6% | 8.1% | 7.0% | 3.4% | −19.8% | 2.6% | 10.8% | −2.5% | 5.7% | 0.5% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 57.1% | 54.7% | 66.7% | 67.3% | 51.9% | 68.9% | 61.2% | 52.2% | 55.4% | 59.2% | 55.6% | 87.2% | 63.3% | 53.8% | 57.7% | 59.6% | 68.6% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.8% | 16.2% | 14.1% | 12.5% | 17.6% | 15.9% | 8.0% | 13.6% |
| Net margin | 16.4% | 8.5% | 10.0% | 6.7% | 11.9% | 8.3% | 4.8% | 8.4% |
| Current ratio | 0.83 | 0.71 | 0.87 | 0.94 | 1.15 | 0.80 | 0.95 | 0.80 |
| Debt to equity | 184.8% | 198.4% | 186.9% | 200.8% | 203.3% | 212.9% | 204.5% | 213.1% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $4.0bn of assets due within a year against $5.0bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
- More cash than debt $42m of cash against $25.9bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 213% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 201% to 213% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $3.4bn of operating cash flow against $25.9bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $2.2bn against $1.1bn of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard DTE Energy's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 2 / 20
Net income has been a median 2.9% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 13 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 13.0%; its worst year was 8.7%.
- Cash conversion 15 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 10.0% of revenue.
- Discipline 14 / 20
The diluted share count rose 7.1% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.9% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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