Verra Mobility (VRRM) Competitors

Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA) and Verra Mobility (NASDAQ:VRRM) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.

Is PAA or VRRM more profitable?

Verra Mobility has a net margin of 11.64% compared to Plains All American Pipeline's net margin of 1.54%. Verra Mobility's return on equity of 38.97% beat Plains All American Pipeline's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Plains All American Pipeline	1.54%	11.69%	4.83%
Verra Mobility	11.64%	38.97%	9.74%

Do analysts recommend PAA or VRRM?

Plains All American Pipeline presently has a consensus target price of $20.36, suggesting a potential upside of 15.24%. Verra Mobility has a consensus target price of $27.38, suggesting a potential upside of 11.96%. Given Plains All American Pipeline's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Plains All American Pipeline is more favorable than Verra Mobility.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Plains All American Pipeline	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45
Verra Mobility	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PAA or VRRM?

Plains All American Pipeline has higher revenue and earnings than Verra Mobility. Plains All American Pipeline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Verra Mobility, 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
Plains All American Pipeline	$50.09B	0.25	$772M	$0.93	19.00
Verra Mobility	$892.73M	4.37	$57.01M	$0.20	122.25

Does the media prefer PAA or VRRM?

In the previous week, Plains All American Pipeline had 6 more articles in the media than Verra Mobility. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Plains All American Pipeline and 5 mentions for Verra Mobility. Verra Mobility's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Plains All American Pipeline's score of 0.56 indicating that Verra Mobility is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Plains All American Pipeline	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Verra Mobility	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PAA or VRRM?

41.8% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Verra Mobility shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PAA or VRRM?

Plains All American Pipeline received 627 more outperform votes than Verra Mobility when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.27% of users gave Plains All American Pipeline an outperform vote while only 50.70% of users gave Verra Mobility an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Plains All American Pipeline	Outperform Votes 699 65.27%	Underperform Votes 372 34.73%
Verra Mobility	Outperform Votes 72 50.70%	Underperform Votes 70 49.30%

Which has more risk and volatility, PAA or VRRM?

Plains All American Pipeline has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verra Mobility has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Plains All American Pipeline and Verra Mobility tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.