Plains All American Pipeline (PAA) Competitors

Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA) and Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, PAA or EPD?

Plains All American Pipeline has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Products Partners has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PAA or EPD more profitable?

Enterprise Products Partners has a net margin of 10.71% compared to Plains All American Pipeline's net margin of 1.54%. Enterprise Products Partners' return on equity of 19.81% beat Plains All American Pipeline's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Plains All American Pipeline	1.54%	11.69%	4.83%
Enterprise Products Partners	10.71%	19.81%	7.69%

Does the media prefer PAA or EPD?

In the previous week, Enterprise Products Partners had 6 more articles in the media than Plains All American Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Enterprise Products Partners and 14 mentions for Plains All American Pipeline. Enterprise Products Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Plains All American Pipeline's score of 0.86 indicating that Enterprise Products Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Plains All American Pipeline	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Enterprise Products Partners	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PAA or EPD a better dividend stock?

Plains All American Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Enterprise Products Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Plains All American Pipeline pays out 172.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Enterprise Products Partners pays out 81.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Plains All American Pipeline has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Enterprise Products Partners has raised its dividend for 28 consecutive years.

Do analysts recommend PAA or EPD?

Plains All American Pipeline presently has a consensus price target of $20.58, indicating a potential upside of 18.44%. Enterprise Products Partners has a consensus price target of $35.83, indicating a potential upside of 12.07%. Given Plains All American Pipeline's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Plains All American Pipeline is more favorable than Enterprise Products Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Plains All American Pipeline	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31
Enterprise Products Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has better earnings and valuation, PAA or EPD?

Enterprise Products Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Plains All American Pipeline. Enterprise Products Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plains All American Pipeline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Plains All American Pipeline	$47.80B	0.26	$772M	$0.88	19.75
Enterprise Products Partners	$56.22B	1.23	$5.90B	$2.69	11.89

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PAA or EPD?

41.8% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.1% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.6% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Enterprise Products Partners beats Plains All American Pipeline on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.