EPD vs. BEP, BEPC, ENB, ET, KMI, MO, MPLX, MUSA, OXY, and SUN
Should you be buying Enterprise Products Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enterprise Products Partners include Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Enbridge (ENB), Energy Transfer (ET), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Altria Group (MO), Mplx (MPLX), Murphy USA (MUSA), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), and Sunoco (SUN).
Enterprise Products Partners vs. Its Competitors
Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD) and Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE:BEP) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
Enterprise Products Partners has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Enterprise Products Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. 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. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays out -147.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enterprise Products Partners has raised its dividend for 28 consecutive years and Brookfield Renewable Partners has raised 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.
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.
Enterprise Products Partners currently has a consensus target price of $36.36, suggesting a potential upside of 13.96%. Brookfield Renewable Partners has a consensus target price of $29.13, suggesting a potential upside of 14.84%. Given Brookfield Renewable Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield Renewable Partners is more favorable than Enterprise Products Partners.
In the previous week, Enterprise Products Partners had 32 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable Partners. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Enterprise Products Partners and 3 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners. Enterprise Products Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' score of 0.48 indicating that Enterprise Products Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
26.1% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.2% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.6% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Enterprise Products Partners has a net margin of 10.26% compared to Brookfield Renewable Partners' net margin of -0.79%. Enterprise Products Partners' return on equity of 19.90% beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' return on equity.
Summary
Enterprise Products Partners beats Brookfield Renewable Partners on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:EPD) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
