ET vs. TRP, KMI, WMB, EPD, TRGP, WES, HES, VLO, SU, and PSX
Should you be buying Energy Transfer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Energy Transfer include TC Energy (TRP), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Williams Companies (WMB), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Targa Resources (TRGP), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Hess (HES), Valero Energy (VLO), Suncor Energy (SU), and Phillips 66 (PSX). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Energy Transfer vs.
TC Energy (NYSE:TRP) and Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.
71.9% of TC Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of Energy Transfer shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Energy Transfer shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
TC Energy presently has a consensus target price of $63.06, indicating a potential upside of 53.31%. Energy Transfer has a consensus target price of $16.43, indicating a potential upside of 27.50%. Given TC Energy's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe TC Energy is more favorable than Energy Transfer.
TC Energy has a net margin of 11.35% compared to Energy Transfer's net margin of 5.08%. TC Energy's return on equity of 13.97% beat Energy Transfer's return on equity.
TC Energy received 93 more outperform votes than Energy Transfer when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.56% of users gave Energy Transfer an outperform vote while only 64.68% of users gave TC Energy an outperform vote.
Energy Transfer has higher revenue and earnings than TC Energy. Energy Transfer is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TC Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TC Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Energy Transfer pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. TC Energy pays out 220.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Energy Transfer pays out 91.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TC Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Energy Transfer has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Energy Transfer is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Energy Transfer had 4 more articles in the media than TC Energy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Energy Transfer and 8 mentions for TC Energy. TC Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Energy Transfer's score of 0.77 indicating that TC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TC Energy has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Transfer has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Energy Transfer beats TC Energy on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ET and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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