TRP vs. PPL, ENB, IMO, CVE, SU, CCO, TOU, OVV, ARX, and CNQ
Should you be buying TC Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TC Energy include Pembina Pipeline (PPL), Enbridge (ENB), Imperial Oil (IMO), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Suncor Energy (SU), Cameco (CCO), Tourmaline Oil (TOU), Ovintiv (OVV), ARC Resources (ARX), and Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
TC Energy (TSE:TRP) and Pembina Pipeline (TSE:PPL) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
TC Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$54.44, indicating a potential upside of 10.42%. Pembina Pipeline has a consensus target price of C$53.08, indicating a potential upside of 8.42%. Given TC Energy's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe TC Energy is more favorable than Pembina Pipeline.
TC Energy has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
79.1% of TC Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of TC Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline 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.
Pembina Pipeline has a net margin of 19.46% compared to TC Energy's net margin of 18.34%. Pembina Pipeline's return on equity of 11.24% beat TC Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, TC Energy had 10 more articles in the media than Pembina Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for TC Energy and 10 mentions for Pembina Pipeline. Pembina Pipeline's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat TC Energy's score of 0.27 indicating that Pembina Pipeline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TC Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Pembina Pipeline. Pembina Pipeline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TC Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TC Energy pays an annual dividend of C$3.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of C$2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. TC Energy pays out 139.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.
Pembina Pipeline received 65 more outperform votes than TC Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.16% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote while only 61.99% of users gave TC Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Pembina Pipeline beats TC Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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