GEV vs. MPLX, KMI, CVE, OKE, WMB, LNG, FANG, HES, TRP, and SU
Should you be buying GE Vernova stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GE Vernova include Mplx (MPLX), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Cenovus Energy (CVE), ONEOK (OKE), Williams Companies (WMB), Cheniere Energy (LNG), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Hess (HES), TC Energy (TRP), and Suncor Energy (SU). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
GE Vernova (NYSE:GEV) and Mplx (NYSE:MPLX) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
GE Vernova currently has a consensus target price of $158.56, indicating a potential downside of 5.21%. Mplx has a consensus target price of $45.11, indicating a potential upside of 8.68%. Given Mplx's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mplx is more favorable than GE Vernova.
Mplx received 576 more outperform votes than GE Vernova when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave GE Vernova an outperform vote while only 71.22% of users gave Mplx an outperform vote.
In the previous week, GE Vernova had 8 more articles in the media than Mplx. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for GE Vernova and 8 mentions for Mplx. Mplx's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat GE Vernova's score of 0.18 indicating that Mplx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
24.3% of Mplx shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Mplx has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GE Vernova.
Mplx has a net margin of 34.96% compared to GE Vernova's net margin of 0.00%. Mplx's return on equity of 31.70% beat GE Vernova's return on equity.
Summary
Mplx beats GE Vernova on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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