ETRN vs. WES, AM, DTM, KNTK, ENLC, AROC, TGS, USAC, KGS, and NGL
Should you be buying Equitrans Midstream stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equitrans Midstream include Western Midstream Partners (WES), Antero Midstream (AM), DT Midstream (DTM), Kinetik (KNTK), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), 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.
Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES) and Equitrans Midstream (NYSE:ETRN) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Western Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Equitrans Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. 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. Equitrans Midstream pays out 66.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western Midstream Partners has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Western Midstream Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Western Midstream Partners had 3 more articles in the media than Equitrans Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Western Midstream Partners and 13 mentions for Equitrans Midstream. Equitrans Midstream's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Western Midstream Partners' score of 0.03 indicating that Western Midstream Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Western Midstream Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Equitrans Midstream. Western Midstream Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equitrans Midstream, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Western Midstream Partners received 560 more outperform votes than Equitrans Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.00% of users gave Western Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 28.77% of users gave Equitrans Midstream an outperform vote.
42.9% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Equitrans Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Equitrans Midstream shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Western Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.82, indicating that its stock price is 182% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equitrans Midstream has a beta of 1.93, indicating that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Western Midstream Partners currently has a consensus target price of $31.55, suggesting a potential downside of 16.37%. Equitrans Midstream has a consensus target price of $11.19, suggesting a potential downside of 21.77%. Given Equitrans Midstream's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Western Midstream Partners is more favorable than Equitrans Midstream.
Western Midstream Partners has a net margin of 42.50% compared to Western Midstream Partners' net margin of 31.69%. Equitrans Midstream's return on equity of 44.76% beat Western Midstream Partners' return on equity.
Summary
Western Midstream Partners beats Equitrans Midstream on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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