ENB vs. MPLX, EOG, MPC, SLB, PSX, CNQ, EQNR, PXD, EPD, and OXY
Should you be buying Enbridge stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enbridge include Mplx (MPLX), EOG Resources (EOG), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Schlumberger (SLB), Phillips 66 (PSX), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), and Occidental Petroleum (OXY). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Enbridge (NYSE:ENB) and Mplx (NYSE:MPLX) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and community ranking.
Enbridge pays an annual dividend of $2.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Mplx pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Enbridge pays out 129.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mplx pays out 89.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mplx is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Enbridge has higher revenue and earnings than Mplx. Mplx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enbridge, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enbridge presently has a consensus target price of $55.20, suggesting a potential upside of 54.75%. Mplx has a consensus target price of $43.86, suggesting a potential upside of 5.02%. Given Enbridge's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Enbridge is more favorable than Mplx.
In the previous week, Enbridge had 8 more articles in the media than Mplx. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Enbridge and 8 mentions for Mplx. Enbridge's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Mplx's score of 0.66 indicating that Enbridge is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Enbridge has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mplx has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Enbridge received 199 more outperform votes than Mplx when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.04% of users gave Mplx an outperform vote while only 68.13% of users gave Enbridge an outperform vote.
Mplx has a net margin of 34.82% compared to Enbridge's net margin of 13.97%. Mplx's return on equity of 31.85% beat Enbridge's return on equity.
54.6% of Enbridge shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of Mplx shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Enbridge shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Mplx beats Enbridge on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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