MMLP vs. SMLP, FTK, PHX, GEOS, FET, NGS, BROGW, IMPPP, PXSAW, and PXSAP
Should you be buying Martin Midstream Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Martin Midstream Partners include Summit Midstream Partners (SMLP), Flotek Industries (FTK), PHX Minerals (PHX), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Brooge Energy (BROGW), Imperial Petroleum (IMPPP), Pyxis Tankers (PXSAW), and Pyxis Tankers (PXSAP).
Martin Midstream Partners (NASDAQ:MMLP) and Summit Midstream Partners (NYSE:SMLP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Martin Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Summit Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Martin Midstream Partners pays out 22.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Summit Midstream Partners pays out -8.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Summit Midstream Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Martin Midstream Partners has a net margin of 0.52% compared to Summit Midstream Partners' net margin of -8.49%. Summit Midstream Partners' return on equity of -4.72% beat Martin Midstream Partners' return on equity.
Martin Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.12, indicating that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Summit Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.33, indicating that its share price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summit Midstream Partners received 240 more outperform votes than Martin Midstream Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.91% of users gave Summit Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 59.44% of users gave Martin Midstream Partners an outperform vote.
34.9% of Martin Midstream Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of Summit Midstream Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 17.0% of Martin Midstream Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Summit Midstream Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Martin Midstream Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Summit Midstream Partners. Summit Midstream Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Martin Midstream Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Martin Midstream Partners had 19 more articles in the media than Summit Midstream Partners. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Martin Midstream Partners and 0 mentions for Summit Midstream Partners. Summit Midstream Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Martin Midstream Partners' score of 0.26 indicating that Summit Midstream Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Summit Midstream Partners beats Martin Midstream Partners on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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