PPL vs. ALA, KEY, TRP, ENB, CCO, TOU, OVV, ARX, MEG, and PKI
Should you be buying Pembina Pipeline stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pembina Pipeline include AltaGas (ALA), Keyera (KEY), TC Energy (TRP), Enbridge (ENB), Cameco (CCO), Tourmaline Oil (TOU), Ovintiv (OVV), ARC Resources (ARX), MEG Energy (MEG), and Parkland (PKI). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Pembina Pipeline (TSE:PPL) and AltaGas (TSE:ALA) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of C$2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. AltaGas pays an annual dividend of C$1.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Pembina Pipeline pays out 89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AltaGas pays out 52.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
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.
62.0% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.6% of AltaGas shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% 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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Pembina Pipeline has a net margin of 19.46% compared to AltaGas' net margin of 5.18%. Pembina Pipeline's return on equity of 11.24% beat AltaGas' return on equity.
Pembina Pipeline received 110 more outperform votes than AltaGas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.87% of users gave AltaGas an outperform vote while only 62.16% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote.
In the previous week, AltaGas had 9 more articles in the media than Pembina Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for AltaGas and 9 mentions for Pembina Pipeline. Pembina Pipeline's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat AltaGas' score of 0.49 indicating that Pembina Pipeline is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pembina Pipeline presently has a consensus price target of C$53.08, indicating a potential upside of 8.42%. AltaGas has a consensus price target of C$33.75, indicating a potential upside of 12.01%. Given AltaGas' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AltaGas is more favorable than Pembina Pipeline.
Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AltaGas has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Pembina Pipeline beats AltaGas on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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