GEI vs. ALA, KEY, TPZ, KML, TWM, ENB, TRP, PPL, MEG, and SCR
Should you be buying Gibson Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gibson Energy include AltaGas (ALA), Keyera (KEY), Topaz Energy (TPZ), Kinder Morgan Canada Limited (KML.TO) (KML), Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure (TWM), Enbridge (ENB), TC Energy (TRP), Pembina Pipeline (PPL), MEG Energy (MEG), and Strathcona Resources (SCR).
AltaGas (TSE:ALA) and Gibson Energy (TSE:GEI) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
AltaGas has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gibson Energy has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AltaGas has higher revenue and earnings than Gibson Energy. AltaGas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gibson Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AltaGas pays an annual dividend of C$1.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Gibson Energy pays an annual dividend of C$1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. AltaGas pays out 57.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gibson Energy pays out 156.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, AltaGas had 8 more articles in the media than Gibson Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for AltaGas and 2 mentions for Gibson Energy. AltaGas' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Gibson Energy's score of 0.20 indicating that Gibson Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AltaGas currently has a consensus price target of C$35.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.50%. Gibson Energy has a consensus price target of C$25.63, indicating a potential upside of 11.46%. Given Gibson Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe AltaGas is more favorable than Gibson Energy.
AltaGas has a net margin of 5.03% compared to AltaGas' net margin of 1.39%. AltaGas' return on equity of 21.90% beat Gibson Energy's return on equity.
AltaGas received 159 more outperform votes than Gibson Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.05% of users gave AltaGas an outperform vote while only 52.23% of users gave Gibson Energy an outperform vote.
34.1% of AltaGas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Gibson Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of AltaGas shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Gibson Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
AltaGas beats Gibson Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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