ALA vs. PPL, KEY, GEI, TPZ, KML, TWM, ENB, TRP, CCO, and TOU
Should you be buying AltaGas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AltaGas include Pembina Pipeline (PPL), Keyera (KEY), Gibson Energy (GEI), Topaz Energy (TPZ), Kinder Morgan Canada Limited (KML.TO) (KML), Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure (TWM), Enbridge (ENB), TC Energy (TRP), Cameco (CCO), and Tourmaline Oil (TOU).
Pembina Pipeline (TSE:PPL) and AltaGas (TSE:ALA) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
60.2% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.1% of AltaGas shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of AltaGas shares are owned 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.
Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of C$2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. AltaGas pays an annual dividend of C$1.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Pembina Pipeline pays out 88.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AltaGas pays out 57.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Pembina Pipeline has a net margin of 20.39% compared to Pembina Pipeline's net margin of 5.03%. AltaGas' return on equity of 11.65% beat Pembina Pipeline's return on equity.
Pembina Pipeline received 107 more outperform votes than AltaGas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.05% of users gave AltaGas an outperform vote while only 62.09% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote.
Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AltaGas has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AltaGas had 3 more articles in the media than Pembina Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for AltaGas and 4 mentions for Pembina Pipeline. AltaGas' average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Pembina Pipeline's score of 0.21 indicating that Pembina Pipeline is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pembina Pipeline has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AltaGas. AltaGas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pembina Pipeline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pembina Pipeline presently has a consensus target price of C$54.25, suggesting a potential upside of 5.75%. AltaGas has a consensus target price of C$35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.27%. Given Pembina Pipeline's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AltaGas is more favorable than Pembina Pipeline.
Summary
Pembina Pipeline beats AltaGas on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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