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$17.29 -0.17 (-0.97%)
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PAA vs. EPD, ET, KMI, MPLX, OKE, PAGP, TRGP, WES, RYAAY, and VIK

Should you be buying Plains All American Pipeline stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plains All American Pipeline include Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Mplx (MPLX), ONEOK (OKE), Plains GP (PAGP), Targa Resources (TRGP), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Ryanair (RYAAY), and Viking (VIK).

Plains All American Pipeline vs. Its 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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Plains All American Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Enterprise Products Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. 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.

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 Pipeline1.54% 11.69% 4.83%
Enterprise Products Partners 10.71%19.81%7.69%

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.

Plains All American Pipeline currently has a consensus target price of $20.58, indicating a potential upside of 19.05%. Enterprise Products Partners has a consensus target price of $35.83, indicating a potential upside of 13.07%. Given Plains All American Pipeline's higher possible 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

In the previous week, Enterprise Products Partners had 6 more articles in the media than Plains All American Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Enterprise Products Partners and 16 mentions for Plains All American Pipeline. Enterprise Products Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Plains All American Pipeline's score of 0.89 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
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Enterprise Products Partners
20 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

41.8% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.1% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.6% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Plains All American Pipeline$47.80B0.25$772M$0.8819.65
Enterprise Products Partners$56.22B1.22$5.90B$2.6911.78

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PAA vs. The Competition

MetricPlains All American PipelinePipelines, except natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.16B$7.92B$7.79B$21.53B
Dividend Yield8.76%8.46%10.78%3.50%
P/E Ratio23.6829.3939.5529.84
Price / Sales0.250.17885.5552.61
Price / Cash6.294.8635.5018.13
Price / Book1.060.653.994.65
Net Income$772M$437.50M$4.29B$999.94M
7 Day Performance0.76%0.89%1.20%0.79%
1 Month Performance-1.31%-1.27%3.42%4.54%
1 Year Performance-2.37%-1.53%15.19%16.77%

Plains All American Pipeline Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAA
Plains All American Pipeline
3.4728 of 5 stars
$17.29
-1.0%
$20.58
+19.0%
-1.4%$12.16B$47.80B23.684,100News Coverage
EPD
Enterprise Products Partners
4.2708 of 5 stars
$31.51
-0.5%
$35.83
+13.7%
+7.2%$68.22B$56.22B11.717,800Positive News
ET
Energy Transfer
4.5641 of 5 stars
$17.16
-1.4%
$22.54
+31.4%
+7.9%$59.69B$80.58B13.3016,248Positive News
KMI
Kinder Morgan
4.5065 of 5 stars
$26.50
-0.4%
$31.20
+17.8%
+30.5%$58.87B$15.10B21.7210,933Positive News
MPLX
Mplx
2.8699 of 5 stars
$50.12
-0.8%
$55.89
+11.5%
+16.6%$51.47B$11.29B11.915,560Positive News
OKE
ONEOK
4.9045 of 5 stars
$71.41
-1.7%
$100.60
+40.9%
-20.0%$44.97B$21.70B13.925,177Positive News
PAGP
Plains GP
3.7844 of 5 stars
$18.41
-0.1%
$20.50
+11.4%
-0.2%$3.64B$47.80B34.744,100Positive News
Dividend Announcement
TRGP
Targa Resources
4.9832 of 5 stars
$160.46
-1.2%
$208.86
+30.2%
+12.3%$34.53B$16.38B22.703,370Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
WES
Western Midstream Partners
2.1484 of 5 stars
$38.01
-0.1%
$39.60
+4.2%
-3.0%$14.49B$3.61B11.691,511Positive News
RYAAY
Ryanair
4.8688 of 5 stars
$59.81
-1.2%
$76.00
+27.1%
-45.0%$31.72B$14.98B14.0425,952Ex-Dividend
VIK
Viking
3.276 of 5 stars
$63.75
+1.5%
$58.93
-7.6%
+93.8%$28.25B$5.81B34.4612,000

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