HEP vs. PAGP, NS, DKL, GEL, DINO, PAA, BE, ESTE, ARLP, and RUN
Should you be buying Holly Energy Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Holly Energy Partners include Plains GP (PAGP), NuStar Energy (NS), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), Genesis Energy (GEL), HF Sinclair (DINO), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), Bloom Energy (BE), Earthstone Energy (ESTE), Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), and Sunrun (RUN). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Plains GP (NYSE:PAGP) and Holly Energy Partners (NYSE:HEP) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and community ranking.
84.5% of Plains GP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.3% of Holly Energy Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of Plains GP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Holly Energy Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Holly Energy Partners has a net margin of 37.97% compared to Holly Energy Partners' net margin of 0.45%. Plains GP's return on equity of 23.48% beat Holly Energy Partners' return on equity.
In the previous week, Plains GP had 5 more articles in the media than Holly Energy Partners. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Plains GP and 2 mentions for Holly Energy Partners. Plains GP's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Holly Energy Partners' score of 0.61 indicating that Holly Energy Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Holly Energy Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Plains GP. Holly Energy Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plains GP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Plains GP pays an annual dividend of $1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Holly Energy Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Plains GP pays out 89.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Holly Energy Partners pays out 81.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Plains GP has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Plains GP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Plains GP has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Holly Energy Partners has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Plains GP received 114 more outperform votes than Holly Energy Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.71% of users gave Plains GP an outperform vote while only 56.08% of users gave Holly Energy Partners an outperform vote.
Plains GP presently has a consensus target price of $16.72, indicating a potential upside of 9.08%. Holly Energy Partners has a consensus target price of $20.33, indicating a potential downside of 3.17%. Given Holly Energy Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Plains GP is more favorable than Holly Energy Partners.
Summary
Plains GP beats Holly Energy Partners on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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