American Midstream Partners (AMID) Competitors

American Midstream Partners (NYSE:AMID) and Antero Midstream (NYSE:AM) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, AMID or AM?

Antero Midstream has higher revenue and earnings than American Midstream Partners. American Midstream Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Antero Midstream, 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
American Midstream Partners	$805.35M	3.13	-$7.76M	-$0.84	-39.88
Antero Midstream	$1.19B	7.59	$400.89M	$0.87	21.66

Which has more volatility & risk, AMID or AM?

American Midstream Partners has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Midstream has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AMID or AM more profitable?

Antero Midstream has a net margin of 36.24% compared to American Midstream Partners' net margin of -0.92%. Antero Midstream's return on equity of 18.82% beat American Midstream Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Midstream Partners	-0.92%	-4.48%	-0.31%
Antero Midstream	36.24%	18.82%	6.95%

Do analysts prefer AMID or AM?

Antero Midstream has a consensus price target of $16.50, suggesting a potential downside of 12.42%. Given Antero Midstream's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Antero Midstream is more favorable than American Midstream Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Midstream Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Antero Midstream	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor AMID or AM?

In the previous week, Antero Midstream had 11 more articles in the media than American Midstream Partners. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Antero Midstream and 0 mentions for American Midstream Partners. Antero Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat American Midstream Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Antero Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
American Midstream Partners	Neutral
Antero Midstream	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in AMID or AM?

46.0% of American Midstream Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.0% of Antero Midstream shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of American Midstream Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Antero Midstream shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AMID or AM?

Antero Midstream received 220 more outperform votes than American Midstream Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.87% of users gave Antero Midstream an outperform vote while only 60.29% of users gave American Midstream Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Midstream Partners	Outperform Votes 249 60.29%	Underperform Votes 164 39.71%
Antero Midstream	Outperform Votes 469 64.87%	Underperform Votes 254 35.13%

Is AMID or AM a better dividend stock?

American Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Antero Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. American Midstream Partners pays out -25.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Antero Midstream pays out 103.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Antero Midstream beats American Midstream Partners on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.