SMLP vs. NGL, EPD, ET, WMB, KMI, NGG, TRP, TRGP, WES, and AM
Should you be buying Summit Midstream Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Summit Midstream Partners include NGL Energy Partners (NGL), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), Williams Companies (WMB), Kinder Morgan (KMI), National Grid (NGG), TC Energy (TRP), Targa Resources (TRGP), Western Midstream Partners (WES), and Antero Midstream (AM). These companies are all part of the "natural gas transmission" industry.
NGL Energy Partners (NYSE:NGL) and Summit Midstream Partners (NYSE:SMLP) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Summit Midstream Partners has a net margin of 23.24% compared to Summit Midstream Partners' net margin of -2.07%. NGL Energy Partners' return on equity of 25.67% beat Summit Midstream Partners' return on equity.
40.6% of NGL Energy Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of Summit Midstream Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Summit Midstream Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summit Midstream Partners received 80 more outperform votes than NGL Energy Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.95% of users gave Summit Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 63.71% of users gave NGL Energy Partners an outperform vote.
NGL Energy Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Summit Midstream Partners. NGL Energy Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Summit Midstream Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, NGL Energy Partners had 9 more articles in the media than Summit Midstream Partners. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for NGL Energy Partners and 1 mentions for Summit Midstream Partners. Summit Midstream Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat NGL Energy Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that NGL Energy Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NGL Energy Partners has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Summit Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.37, suggesting that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Summit Midstream Partners beats NGL Energy Partners on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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