WES vs. ET, WMB, NGG, KMI, TRP, TRGP, AM, DTM, KNTK, and ETRN
Should you be buying Western Midstream Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Midstream Partners include Energy Transfer (ET), Williams Companies (WMB), National Grid (NGG), Kinder Morgan (KMI), TC Energy (TRP), Targa Resources (TRGP), Antero Midstream (AM), DT Midstream (DTM), Kinetik (KNTK), and Equitrans Midstream (ETRN). These companies are all part of the "natural gas transmission" industry.
Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES) and Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Energy Transfer had 7 more articles in the media than Western Midstream Partners. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Energy Transfer and 16 mentions for Western Midstream Partners. Western Midstream Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Energy Transfer's score of 0.82 indicating that Western Midstream Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
42.9% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.2% of Energy Transfer shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Energy Transfer shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Energy Transfer has higher revenue and earnings than Western Midstream Partners. Western Midstream Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energy Transfer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Western Midstream Partners has a net margin of 42.50% compared to Energy Transfer's net margin of 4.85%. Western Midstream Partners' return on equity of 44.76% beat Energy Transfer's return on equity.
Western Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Energy Transfer pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Western Midstream Partners pays out 98.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Energy Transfer pays out 116.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Western Midstream Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Western Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.82, indicating that its stock price is 182% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Transfer has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Western Midstream Partners presently has a consensus price target of $31.55, suggesting a potential downside of 16.37%. Energy Transfer has a consensus price target of $18.43, suggesting a potential upside of 19.28%. Given Energy Transfer's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Energy Transfer is more favorable than Western Midstream Partners.
Western Midstream Partners received 189 more outperform votes than Energy Transfer when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.53% of users gave Energy Transfer an outperform vote while only 69.00% of users gave Western Midstream Partners an outperform vote.
Summary
Western Midstream Partners beats Energy Transfer on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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