MMP vs. DINO, PAA, MPLX, TPL, EQT, APA, EVRG, MRO, ENPH, and CHK
Should you be buying Magellan Midstream Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Magellan Midstream Partners include HF Sinclair (DINO), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), Mplx (MPLX), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), EQT (EQT), APA (APA), Evergy (EVRG), Marathon Oil (MRO), Enphase Energy (ENPH), and Chesapeake Energy (CHK). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Magellan Midstream Partners vs.
HF Sinclair (NYSE:DINO) and Magellan Midstream Partners (NYSE:MMP) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Magellan Midstream Partners had 7 more articles in the media than HF Sinclair. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Magellan Midstream Partners and 12 mentions for HF Sinclair. HF Sinclair's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Magellan Midstream Partners' score of 0.70 indicating that Magellan Midstream Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Magellan Midstream Partners has a net margin of 29.55% compared to Magellan Midstream Partners' net margin of 6.87%. HF Sinclair's return on equity of 58.77% beat Magellan Midstream Partners' return on equity.
HF Sinclair presently has a consensus price target of $63.67, indicating a potential upside of 6.16%. Magellan Midstream Partners has a consensus price target of $60.70, indicating a potential downside of 12.16%. Given Magellan Midstream Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HF Sinclair is more favorable than Magellan Midstream Partners.
89.2% of HF Sinclair shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.8% of Magellan Midstream Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of HF Sinclair shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Magellan Midstream Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
HF Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Magellan Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $4.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. HF Sinclair pays out 15.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Magellan Midstream Partners pays out 83.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. HF Sinclair has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Magellan Midstream Partners has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Magellan Midstream Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
HF Sinclair has higher revenue and earnings than Magellan Midstream Partners. HF Sinclair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Magellan Midstream Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HF Sinclair has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Magellan Midstream Partners has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Magellan Midstream Partners received 535 more outperform votes than HF Sinclair when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.44% of users gave Magellan Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 25.42% of users gave HF Sinclair an outperform vote.
Summary
Magellan Midstream Partners beats HF Sinclair on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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