ETRN vs. ENLC, KNTK, DTM, AM, AROC, TGS, USAC, KGS, WES, and SM
Should you be buying Equitrans Midstream stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equitrans Midstream include EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Kinetik (KNTK), DT Midstream (DTM), Antero Midstream (AM), Archrock (AROC), Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), USA Compression Partners (USAC), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), Western Midstream Partners (WES), and SM Energy (SM). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
EnLink Midstream (NYSE:ENLC) and Equitrans Midstream (NYSE:ETRN) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
EnLink Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Equitrans Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. 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. Equitrans Midstream pays out 66.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EnLink Midstream has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Equitrans Midstream is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
EnLink Midstream has a beta of 2.39, meaning that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equitrans Midstream has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Equitrans Midstream has lower revenue, but higher earnings than EnLink Midstream. Equitrans Midstream is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EnLink Midstream, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EnLink Midstream received 310 more outperform votes than Equitrans Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.15% of users gave EnLink Midstream an outperform vote while only 28.77% of users gave Equitrans Midstream an outperform vote.
In the previous week, EnLink Midstream had 5 more articles in the media than Equitrans Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for EnLink Midstream and 7 mentions for Equitrans Midstream. EnLink Midstream's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Equitrans Midstream's score of 0.19 indicating that Equitrans Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EnLink Midstream presently has a consensus price target of $14.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.85%. Equitrans Midstream has a consensus price target of $11.19, suggesting a potential downside of 16.02%. Given Equitrans Midstream's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe EnLink Midstream is more favorable than Equitrans Midstream.
Equitrans Midstream has a net margin of 31.69% compared to Equitrans Midstream's net margin of 2.40%. EnLink Midstream's return on equity of 30.21% beat Equitrans Midstream's return on equity.
45.9% of EnLink Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Equitrans Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of EnLink Midstream shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Equitrans Midstream shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
EnLink Midstream beats Equitrans Midstream on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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