Plains All American Pipeline (PAA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Plains All American Pipeline (NASDAQ: PAA) is a publicly traded energy infrastructure company that provides midstream services for crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGLs). The company’s core activities include gathering, transporting, storing and marketing hydrocarbons, using an integrated network of pipelines, storage terminals, rail and truck transloading facilities. Plains also offers logistics and marketing services that connect upstream producers with refiners, traders and export markets.

Plains owns and operates a portfolio of pipeline and terminal assets concentrated in major U.S. oil-producing and trading regions. Its system supplies and links production basins and coastal export points, with significant operations tied to hubs such as Cushing, Oklahoma and corridors serving the Permian Basin, Gulf Coast and other Midcontinent and Rockies areas. The company’s service offerings are a mix of fee-based transportation and storage contracts plus commodity handling and marketing activities intended to optimize flows and market access for customers.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Plains All American has grown its footprint through a combination of organic development and strategic acquisitions to build scale in North American midstream logistics. The business serves a broad set of customers including exploration and production companies, refiners and commodity traders, and is managed by an executive team and board of directors responsible for operations, safety, and regulatory compliance. Plains’ activities are focused on maintaining reliable midstream infrastructure and providing market connectivity between U.S. production and domestic or international demand centers.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $22.03 to $22.38
• 50-Day Range: $20.45 to $23.02
• 52-Week Range: $15.69 to $23.04
• Volume: 1.51 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.59 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $15.55 billion
• P/E Ratio: 13.27
• Dividend Yield: 7.58%
• Price Target: $22.08
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Plains All American Pipeline Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Plains All American Pipeline scored higher than 46% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 79th out of 129 stocks in the transportation sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Plains All American Pipeline has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.44, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Plains All American Pipeline is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Plains All American Pipeline has been the subject of 10 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -2.19%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Plains All American Pipeline are expected to decrease by -2.19% in the coming year, from $1.83 to $1.79 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Plains All American Pipeline is 13.33, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.36.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Plains All American Pipeline is 13.33, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Transportation sector average P/E ratio of about 22.96.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Plains All American Pipeline has a PEG Ratio of 2.61. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Plains All American Pipeline has a P/B Ratio of 1.41. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for PAA.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Plains All American Pipeline is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 7.47%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Plains All American Pipeline has been increasing its dividend for 5 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Plains All American Pipeline is 100.60%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Plains All American Pipeline will have a dividend payout ratio of 93.30% in the coming year. This indicates that Plains All American Pipeline may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.43

News Sentiment

Plains All American Pipeline has a news sentiment score of 0.43. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.56 average news sentiment score of Transportation companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for Plains All American Pipeline this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

24 people have searched for PAA on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 26% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

11 people have added Plains All American Pipeline to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 450% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Plains All American Pipeline insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.07% of the stock of Plains All American Pipeline is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

41.78% of the stock of Plains All American Pipeline is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

PAA Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have PAA shares performed this year?

Plains All American Pipeline's stock was trading at $17.96 at the beginning of the year. Since then, PAA shares have increased by 23.2% and is now trading at $22.1250.

How were Plains All American Pipeline's earnings last quarter?

Plains All American Pipeline Lp (NASDAQ:PAA) released its earnings results on Friday, February, 6th. The company reported $0.17 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.33. The business's quarterly revenue was down 12.2% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

Who are Plains All American Pipeline's major shareholders?

Plains All American Pipeline's top institutional shareholders include Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.40%), Maryland State Retirement & Pension System (0.06%), Manning & Napier Advisors LLC (0.03%) and Angeles Wealth Management LLC (0.03%).
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Plains All American Pipeline?

Shares of PAA stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Plains All American Pipeline own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Plains All American Pipeline investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Energy Transfer (ET), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Invesco QQQ (QQQ), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Broadcom (AVGO).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 2/13 Dividend: 1/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 2/13 Dividend: 1/30/2026
• Last Earnings: 2/06/2026
• Dividend Payable: 2/13/2026
• Record date for 5/15 Dividend: 5/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 5/15 Dividend: 5/01/2026
• Today: 5/06/2026
• Dividend Payable: 5/15/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Transportation
• Industry: Pipelines, Except Natural Gas
• Sub-Industry: Transportation
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:PAA
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:PAA
• CIK: 1070423
• Web: N/A
• Phone: (713) 654-4100
• Fax: 713-646-4680
• Employees: 3,900
• Year Founded: 1989

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Plains All American Pipeline: $22.08
• High Price Target: $25.00
• Low Price Target: $19.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +0.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.44
• Research Coverage: 16 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.66
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 13.27
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.05
• P/E Growth: 2.61
• Net Income: $1.44 billion
• Net Margins: 3.21%
• Pretax Margin: 3.17%
• Return on Equity: 10.76%
• Return on Assets: 4.19%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.97
• Current Ratio: 0.96
• Quick Ratio: 0.92

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $44.26 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.35
• Cash Flow: $3.18 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.93
• Book Value: $15.65 per share
• Price / Book: 1.41

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 705,532,000
• Free Float: 697,983,000
• Market Cap: $15.55 billion
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: 0.51