GLP vs. MMLP, VNOM, KNTK, ETRN, MUR, ENLC, PBF, BEPC, CWEN, and SM
Should you be buying Global Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Partners include Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP), Viper Energy (VNOM), Kinetik (KNTK), Equitrans Midstream (ETRN), Murphy Oil (MUR), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), PBF Energy (PBF), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Clearway Energy (CWEN), and SM Energy (SM).
Global Partners (NYSE:GLP) and Martin Midstream Partners (NASDAQ:MMLP) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Global Partners currently has a consensus target price of $44.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.94%. Given Global Partners' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Global Partners is more favorable than Martin Midstream Partners.
38.1% of Global Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.9% of Martin Midstream Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.5% of Global Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.0% of Martin Midstream Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Global Partners has a net margin of 0.71% compared to Martin Midstream Partners' net margin of 0.52%. Global Partners' return on equity of 18.45% beat Martin Midstream Partners' return on equity.
Martin Midstream Partners received 14 more outperform votes than Global Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.44% of users gave Martin Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Global Partners an outperform vote.
Global Partners has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Martin Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.18, meaning that its share price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Global Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Martin Midstream Partners. Global Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Martin Midstream Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Global Partners had 2 more articles in the media than Martin Midstream Partners. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Global Partners and 1 mentions for Martin Midstream Partners. Martin Midstream Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Global Partners' score of 0.31 indicating that Martin Midstream Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Global Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Martin Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Global Partners pays out 105.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Martin Midstream Partners pays out 22.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Global Partners beats Martin Midstream Partners on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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