PAGP vs. PAA, DINO, NS, DKL, GEL, ENB, MPLX, WES, TPL, and OVV
Should you be buying Plains GP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plains GP include Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), HF Sinclair (DINO), NuStar Energy (NS), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), Genesis Energy (GEL), Enbridge (ENB), Mplx (MPLX), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), and Ovintiv (OVV). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Plains GP (NYSE:PAGP) and Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Plains GP pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Plains All American Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Plains GP pays out 144.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Plains All American Pipeline pays out 109.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Plains All American Pipeline is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Plains GP and Plains GP both had 1 articles in the media. Plains All American Pipeline's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Plains GP's score of 1.54 indicating that Plains All American Pipeline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Plains All American Pipeline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plains GP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Plains All American Pipeline has a net margin of 2.08% compared to Plains GP's net margin of 0.35%. Plains All American Pipeline's return on equity of 10.53% beat Plains GP's return on equity.
Plains GP has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plains All American Pipeline has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
88.3% of Plains GP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of Plains GP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Plains GP currently has a consensus target price of $19.64, suggesting a potential upside of 10.01%. Plains All American Pipeline has a consensus target price of $19.23, suggesting a potential upside of 13.79%. Given Plains All American Pipeline's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Plains All American Pipeline is more favorable than Plains GP.
Plains All American Pipeline received 257 more outperform votes than Plains GP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.80% of users gave Plains All American Pipeline an outperform vote while only 57.49% of users gave Plains GP an outperform vote.
Summary
Plains All American Pipeline beats Plains GP on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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