Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) Competitors

Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD) and Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE:BEP) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has better valuation & earnings, EPD or BEP?

Enterprise Products Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Renewable Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enterprise Products Partners, 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	$56.22B	1.16	$5.90B	$2.69	11.23
Brookfield Renewable Partners	$5.88B	1.38	-$181M	-$0.95	-30.04

Do analysts prefer EPD or BEP?

Enterprise Products Partners presently has a consensus target price of $35.82, suggesting a potential upside of 18.56%. Brookfield Renewable Partners has a consensus target price of $30.11, suggesting a potential upside of 5.52%. Given Enterprise Products Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Enterprise Products Partners is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enterprise Products Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Brookfield Renewable Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is EPD or BEP a better dividend stock?

Enterprise Products Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Enterprise Products Partners pays out 81.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays out -156.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enterprise Products Partners has increased its dividend for 28 consecutive years and Brookfield Renewable Partners has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Enterprise Products Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is EPD or BEP more profitable?

Enterprise Products Partners has a net margin of 10.71% compared to Brookfield Renewable Partners' net margin of 2.28%. Enterprise Products Partners' return on equity of 19.81% beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enterprise Products Partners	10.71%	19.81%	7.69%
Brookfield Renewable Partners	2.28%	0.44%	0.16%

Does the media prefer EPD or BEP?

In the previous week, Enterprise Products Partners had 8 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable Partners. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Enterprise Products Partners and 10 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners. Enterprise Products Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' score of 1.20 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	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brookfield Renewable Partners	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of EPD or BEP?

26.1% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.2% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 32.6% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, EPD or BEP?

Enterprise Products Partners has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Enterprise Products Partners beats Brookfield Renewable Partners on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.