Chord Energy (CHRD) Competitors

Pembina Pipeline (NYSE:PBA) and Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is PBA or CHRD more profitable?

Pembina Pipeline has a net margin of 23.73% compared to Chord Energy's net margin of 16.15%. Pembina Pipeline's return on equity of 12.61% beat Chord Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pembina Pipeline	23.73%	12.61%	5.37%
Chord Energy	16.15%	10.34%	6.91%

Do analysts rate PBA or CHRD?

Pembina Pipeline currently has a consensus price target of $56.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.96%. Chord Energy has a consensus price target of $150.69, suggesting a potential upside of 44.63%. Given Pembina Pipeline's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pembina Pipeline is more favorable than Chord Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pembina Pipeline	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Chord Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85

Does the media favor PBA or CHRD?

In the previous week, Chord Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Pembina Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Chord Energy and 13 mentions for Pembina Pipeline. Chord Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Pembina Pipeline's score of 1.10 indicating that Chord Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pembina Pipeline	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chord Energy	7 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PBA or CHRD a better dividend stock?

Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $2.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Pembina Pipeline pays out 93.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chord Energy pays out 34.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pembina Pipeline has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Chord Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Pembina Pipeline is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PBA or CHRD?

55.4% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Chord Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PBA or CHRD?

Pembina Pipeline has higher revenue and earnings than Chord Energy. Chord Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pembina Pipeline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pembina Pipeline	$5.39B	4.03	$1.36B	$2.21	16.90
Chord Energy	$5.25B	1.15	$848.63M	$14.95	6.97

Which has more risk & volatility, PBA or CHRD?

Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chord Energy has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Pembina Pipeline beats Chord Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.