MPLX vs. MMP, DINO, ENB, WMB, LNG, HES, ET, KMI, CVE, and TRP
Should you be buying Mplx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mplx include Magellan Midstream Partners (MMP), HF Sinclair (DINO), Enbridge (ENB), Williams Companies (WMB), Cheniere Energy (LNG), Hess (HES), Energy Transfer (ET), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Cenovus Energy (CVE), and TC Energy (TRP). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Mplx vs.
Magellan Midstream Partners (NYSE:MMP) and Mplx (NYSE:MPLX) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.
Mplx has a net margin of 33.96% compared to Magellan Midstream Partners' net margin of 32.38%. Magellan Midstream Partners' return on equity of 54.53% beat Mplx's return on equity.
In the previous week, Mplx had 4 more articles in the media than Magellan Midstream Partners. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Mplx and 6 mentions for Magellan Midstream Partners. Mplx's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Magellan Midstream Partners' score of 0.34 indicating that Mplx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mplx has higher revenue and earnings than Magellan Midstream Partners. Mplx 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.
Magellan Midstream Partners currently has a consensus price target of $56.27, suggesting a potential upside of 7.64%. Mplx has a consensus price target of $38.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.14%. Given Mplx's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mplx is more favorable than Magellan Midstream Partners.
51.1% of Magellan Midstream Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.6% of Mplx shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Magellan Midstream Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Mplx received 14 more outperform votes than Magellan Midstream Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.94% of users gave Mplx an outperform vote while only 62.36% of users gave Magellan Midstream Partners an outperform vote.
Magellan Midstream Partners has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mplx has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Magellan Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $4.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Mplx pays an annual dividend of $3.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Magellan Midstream Partners pays out 84.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mplx pays out 82.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Magellan Midstream Partners has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Mplx has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years. Mplx is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Mplx beats Magellan Midstream Partners on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MPLX 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.
