Plains All American Pipeline (PAA) Competitors

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

Does the media favor PAA or RYAAY?

In the previous week, Ryanair had 13 more articles in the media than Plains All American Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Ryanair and 12 mentions for Plains All American Pipeline. Ryanair's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Plains All American Pipeline's score of 0.48 indicating that Ryanair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Plains All American Pipeline	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ryanair	9 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PAA or RYAAY a better dividend stock?

Plains All American Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Ryanair pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Plains All American Pipeline pays out 163.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ryanair pays out 30.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Plains All American Pipeline has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Plains All American Pipeline is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, PAA or RYAAY?

Plains All American Pipeline has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryanair has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate PAA or RYAAY?

Plains All American Pipeline currently has a consensus price target of $20.45, indicating a potential upside of 20.32%. Ryanair has a consensus price target of $147.00, indicating a potential upside of 171.77%. Given Ryanair's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ryanair is more favorable than Plains All American Pipeline.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Plains All American Pipeline	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45
Ryanair	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PAA or RYAAY?

Ryanair has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Plains All American Pipeline. Ryanair 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	$50.09B	0.24	$772M	$0.93	18.28
Ryanair	$13.82B	2.08	$2.07B	$3.26	16.59

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PAA or RYAAY?

Plains All American Pipeline received 98 more outperform votes than Ryanair when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.61% of users gave Ryanair an outperform vote while only 65.23% of users gave Plains All American Pipeline an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Plains All American Pipeline	Outperform Votes 698 65.23%	Underperform Votes 372 34.77%
Ryanair	Outperform Votes 600 69.61%	Underperform Votes 262 30.39%

Is PAA or RYAAY more profitable?

Ryanair has a net margin of 12.14% compared to Plains All American Pipeline's net margin of 1.54%. Ryanair's return on equity of 21.46% 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%
Ryanair	12.14%	21.46%	9.91%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PAA or RYAAY?

41.8% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.7% of Ryanair shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ryanair beats Plains All American Pipeline on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.