What's In The Cards For DTE Energy's (DTE) Q1 Earnings?
Zacks Investment Research | Apr 21, 2019 10:37PM ET
DTE Energy Corporation (NYSE:DTE) is set to report first-quarter 2019 results on Apr 24, before the market opens. In the last reported quarter, the company delivered a negative earnings surprise of 1.09%.
In the trailing four quarters, the company came up with average positive earnings surprise of 11.23%.
Let's take a closer look at the factors influencing DTE Energy’s upcoming results.
Factors to Consider
DTE Energy’s service territories experienced below average and below-normal temperatures throughout the first quarter, subsequently witnessing cold winters with heavy snowfalls and snowstorms. This, in turn, is likely to result in higher household expenditure on heating, which may have a favorable impact on the company’s revenues in the to-be-reported quarter.
Furthermore, from the context of its non-utility businesses, DTE Energy completed the manufacturing of the Nexus Natural Gas Pipeline during the first quarter. Hence, updates on this development can be expected along with the first-quarter results.
Meanwhile, absence of tax benefits, courtesy of the U.S. Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, lowered DTE Energy’s earnings in the fourth quarter of 2018. In fact, the tax equity transactions for the company’s Reduced Emissions Fuel (REF) business is expected to further hit earnings growth. Considering these factors, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the company’s first-quarter earnings pegged at $1.89 indicates a decline of 1.05% from the year-ago quarter’s reported figure.
Earnings Whispers
Our proven model does not conclusively show that DTE Energy is likely to beat on earnings this quarter. This is because a stock needs to have both — a positive Zacks Investment Research
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