MPLX vs. PAA, DINO, ENB, KMI, TRP, GEV, CVE, LNG, HES, and FANG
Should you be buying Mplx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mplx include Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), HF Sinclair (DINO), Enbridge (ENB), Kinder Morgan (KMI), TC Energy (TRP), GE Vernova (GEV), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Cheniere Energy (LNG), Hess (HES), and Diamondback Energy (FANG). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Mplx (NYSE:MPLX) and Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
Mplx pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Plains All American Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Mplx pays out 87.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Plains All American Pipeline pays out 109.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mplx is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Mplx had 13 more articles in the media than Plains All American Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Mplx and 5 mentions for Plains All American Pipeline. Plains All American Pipeline's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Mplx's score of 0.68 indicating that Plains All American Pipeline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
24.3% of Mplx shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Mplx currently has a consensus target price of $45.11, indicating a potential upside of 12.13%. Plains All American Pipeline has a consensus target price of $19.23, indicating a potential upside of 12.72%. Given Plains All American Pipeline's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Plains All American Pipeline is more favorable than Mplx.
Mplx has a net margin of 34.96% compared to Plains All American Pipeline's net margin of 2.08%. Mplx's return on equity of 31.70% beat Plains All American Pipeline's return on equity.
Mplx has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plains All American Pipeline has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mplx has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Plains All American Pipeline. Mplx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plains All American Pipeline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Plains All American Pipeline received 103 more outperform votes than Mplx when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.22% of users gave Mplx an outperform vote while only 65.80% of users gave Plains All American Pipeline an outperform vote.
Summary
Mplx beats Plains All American Pipeline on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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