ENLC vs. WES, AM, DTM, KNTK, ETRN, AROC, TGS, USAC, KGS, and NGL
Should you be buying EnLink Midstream stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EnLink Midstream include Western Midstream Partners (WES), Antero Midstream (AM), DT Midstream (DTM), Kinetik (KNTK), Equitrans Midstream (ETRN), Archrock (AROC), Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), USA Compression Partners (USAC), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), and NGL Energy Partners (NGL). These companies are all part of the "natural gas transmission" industry.
EnLink Midstream (NYSE:ENLC) and Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk and community ranking.
Western Midstream Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than EnLink Midstream. Western Midstream Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EnLink Midstream, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Western Midstream Partners received 250 more outperform votes than EnLink Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.00% of users gave Western Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 50.08% of users gave EnLink Midstream an outperform vote.
EnLink Midstream has a beta of 2.39, indicating that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.82, indicating that its stock price is 182% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, EnLink Midstream had 2 more articles in the media than Western Midstream Partners. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for EnLink Midstream and 16 mentions for Western Midstream Partners. Western Midstream Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat EnLink Midstream's score of 0.14 indicating that Western Midstream Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EnLink Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Western Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. EnLink Midstream pays out 151.4% 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 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. Western Midstream Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
EnLink Midstream currently has a consensus price target of $14.33, suggesting a potential upside of 11.46%. Western Midstream Partners has a consensus price target of $31.55, suggesting a potential downside of 16.37%. Given EnLink Midstream's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe EnLink Midstream is more favorable than Western Midstream Partners.
Western Midstream Partners has a net margin of 42.50% compared to EnLink Midstream's net margin of 2.40%. Western Midstream Partners' return on equity of 44.76% beat EnLink Midstream's return on equity.
45.9% of EnLink Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.9% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of EnLink Midstream shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Western Midstream Partners 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.
Summary
Western Midstream Partners beats EnLink Midstream on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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