Plains All American Pipeline (PAA) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, EPD or PAA?

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
Enterprise Products Partners	$54.76B	1.26	$5.90B	$2.69	11.85
Plains All American Pipeline	$47.80B	0.26	$772M	$0.88	20.02

Is EPD or PAA a better dividend stock?

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 an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. 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 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 has increased its dividend for 28 consecutive years and Plains All American Pipeline has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Is EPD or PAA 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
Enterprise Products Partners	10.71%	19.81%	7.69%
Plains All American Pipeline	1.54%	11.69%	4.83%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in EPD or PAA?

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

Which has more risk and volatility, EPD or PAA?

Enterprise Products Partners has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plains All American Pipeline has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer EPD or PAA?

Enterprise Products Partners presently has a consensus price target of $36.25, indicating a potential upside of 13.69%. Plains All American Pipeline has a consensus price target of $20.67, indicating a potential upside of 17.29%. Given Plains All American Pipeline's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Plains All American Pipeline is more favorable than Enterprise Products Partners.

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

Does the media favor EPD or PAA?

In the previous week, Enterprise Products Partners had 14 more articles in the media than Plains All American Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Enterprise Products Partners and 10 mentions for Plains All American Pipeline. Enterprise Products Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Plains All American Pipeline's score of 0.93 indicating that Enterprise Products Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Enterprise Products Partners	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Plains All American Pipeline	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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