Enbridge (ENB) Competitors

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP) and Enbridge (NYSE:ENB) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is CP or ENB a better dividend stock?

Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Enbridge pays an annual dividend of $2.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays out 21.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enbridge pays out 139.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Enbridge has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Enbridge is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CP or ENB?

72.2% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of Enbridge shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Enbridge shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CP or ENB more profitable?

Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a net margin of 25.51% compared to Enbridge's net margin of 10.04%. Enbridge's return on equity of 10.16% beat Canadian Pacific Kansas City's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canadian Pacific Kansas City	25.51%	8.86%	4.80%
Enbridge	10.04%	10.16%	3.08%

Does the media refer more to CP or ENB?

In the previous week, Enbridge had 7 more articles in the media than Canadian Pacific Kansas City. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Enbridge and 25 mentions for Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Enbridge's score of 0.83 indicating that Canadian Pacific Kansas City is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Canadian Pacific Kansas City	18 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Enbridge	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CP or ENB?

Enbridge has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Enbridge is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Pacific Kansas City, 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
Canadian Pacific Kansas City	$14.82B	5.14	$2.71B	$2.96	27.68
Enbridge	$60.94B	1.63	$3.61B	$1.94	23.51

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CP or ENB?

Canadian Pacific Kansas City received 221 more outperform votes than Enbridge when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.07% of users gave Canadian Pacific Kansas City an outperform vote while only 67.94% of users gave Enbridge an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Canadian Pacific Kansas City	Outperform Votes 1005 69.07%	Underperform Votes 450 30.93%
Enbridge	Outperform Votes 784 67.94%	Underperform Votes 370 32.06%

Do analysts rate CP or ENB?

Canadian Pacific Kansas City currently has a consensus price target of $90.63, suggesting a potential upside of 10.61%. Enbridge has a consensus price target of $67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 46.93%. Given Enbridge's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Enbridge is more favorable than Canadian Pacific Kansas City.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canadian Pacific Kansas City	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Enbridge	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Which has more risk and volatility, CP or ENB?

Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enbridge has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Canadian Pacific Kansas City beats Enbridge on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.