Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) Competitors

Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD) and Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.

Is EPD or CEG more profitable?

Constellation Energy has a net margin of 15.91% compared to Enterprise Products Partners' net margin of 10.49%. Constellation Energy's return on equity of 21.96% beat Enterprise Products Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enterprise Products Partners	10.49%	20.48%	8.04%
Constellation Energy	15.91%	21.96%	5.26%

Which has more volatility and risk, EPD or CEG?

Enterprise Products Partners has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Constellation Energy has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in EPD or CEG?

26.1% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.6% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is EPD or CEG a better dividend stock?

Enterprise Products Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Enterprise Products Partners pays out 80.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Constellation Energy pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enterprise Products Partners has raised its dividend for 28 consecutive years and Constellation Energy has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Enterprise Products Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EPD or CEG?

Enterprise Products Partners received 799 more outperform votes than Constellation Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.25% of users gave Enterprise Products Partners an outperform vote while only 63.47% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Enterprise Products Partners	Outperform Votes 971 80.25%	Underperform Votes 239 19.75%
Constellation Energy	Outperform Votes 172 63.47%	Underperform Votes 99 36.53%

Which has better valuation and earnings, EPD or CEG?

Enterprise Products Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Constellation Energy. Enterprise Products Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellation Energy, 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
Enterprise Products Partners	$56.88B	1.23	$5.90B	$2.67	12.07
Constellation Energy	$24.20B	3.79	$1.62B	$9.49	30.81

Does the media prefer EPD or CEG?

In the previous week, Enterprise Products Partners had 24 more articles in the media than Constellation Energy. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Enterprise Products Partners and 1 mentions for Constellation Energy. Enterprise Products Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Constellation Energy's score of 0.79 indicating that Enterprise Products Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Enterprise Products Partners	13 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Constellation Energy	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer EPD or CEG?

Enterprise Products Partners currently has a consensus price target of $36.56, indicating a potential upside of 13.46%. Constellation Energy has a consensus price target of $285.79, indicating a potential downside of 2.26%. Given Enterprise Products Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Enterprise Products Partners is more favorable than Constellation Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enterprise Products Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Constellation Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Summary

Enterprise Products Partners beats Constellation Energy on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.