Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
FY 2017 · Mkt cap
Decision snapshot: MSFT stock price vs DTE: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at DTE's multiple
Needs DTE P/E.
Implied fair value · at MSFT's multiple
Needs EPS (TTM).
Snapshot Sep 4, 4:00 PM ET
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Multiple premium
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: MSFT FY 2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026) · DTE FY 2017 (ended Dec 31, 2017). Fiscal years are not aligned.
Trendline
11 fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 99% equity / 1% debt · EV / Revenue 11.10x · EV / EBITDA 17.97x
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Capital structure 76% equity / 24% debt
MSFT carries the larger enterprise value at $3.68T against $37.12B; DTE trades on the lower EV / Revenue multiple (2.94x vs 11.10x).
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
MICROSOFT CORPORATION · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
DTE ENERGY CO · implied price per share
Five annual free-cash-flow observations are required for the filing-backed baseline.
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
0.11x
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Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
-0.13x
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Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$76.84B
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Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
$49.52B
$8.80B
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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If you believe MSFT’s premium margins, ROIC, and low leverage justify a valuation above DTE-implied P/E anchor, then hold or accumulate on weakness because the current discount/premium framework understates MSFT’s quality, but if you require upside to a DCF or DTE-multiple midpoint, then wait because the stock is already above the implied price and DCF range.
On the provided P/E basis, MSFT appears about 22.1% above the implied price of $362.24, suggesting the stock is priced at a premium to this DTE anchor. However, that gap is only partly offset by MSFT’s much stronger quality profile and higher-margin business model versus DTE.
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