PBA vs. CTRA, FSLR, CQP, EC, EQT, MRO, TRGP, ENPH, OVV, and WES
Should you be buying Pembina Pipeline stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pembina Pipeline include Coterra Energy (CTRA), First Solar (FSLR), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Ecopetrol (EC), EQT (EQT), Marathon Oil (MRO), Targa Resources (TRGP), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Ovintiv (OVV), and Western Midstream Partners (WES). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Coterra Energy (NYSE:CTRA) and Pembina Pipeline (NYSE:PBA) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and media sentiment.
Coterra Energy has a net margin of 23.34% compared to Coterra Energy's net margin of 19.43%. Coterra Energy's return on equity of 13.11% beat Pembina Pipeline's return on equity.
Coterra Energy has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.9% of Coterra Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Coterra Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Coterra Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $1.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Coterra Energy pays out 48.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pembina Pipeline pays out 89.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Coterra Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Pembina Pipeline has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Pembina Pipeline is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Pembina Pipeline received 466 more outperform votes than Coterra Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.71% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote while only 37.69% of users gave Coterra Energy an outperform vote.
Coterra Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pembina Pipeline. Pembina Pipeline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coterra Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Coterra Energy had 11 more articles in the media than Pembina Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Coterra Energy and 6 mentions for Pembina Pipeline. Pembina Pipeline's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Coterra Energy's score of 1.01 indicating that Coterra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Coterra Energy currently has a consensus target price of $32.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.88%. Pembina Pipeline has a consensus target price of $44.75, suggesting a potential upside of 26.02%. Given Coterra Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pembina Pipeline is more favorable than Coterra Energy.
Summary
Coterra Energy beats Pembina Pipeline on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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