Plains All American Pipeline (PAA) Competitors

Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) and Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CHRD or PAA?

Chord Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Plains All American Pipeline. Chord Energy 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
Chord Energy	$5.25B	1.20	$848.63M	$14.95	7.30
Plains All American Pipeline	$50.09B	0.27	$772M	$0.93	20.30

Which has more risk and volatility, CHRD or PAA?

Chord Energy has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plains All American Pipeline has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CHRD or PAA a better dividend stock?

Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Plains All American Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Chord Energy pays out 34.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Chord Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and 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.

Does the media refer more to CHRD or PAA?

In the previous week, Chord Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Plains All American Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Chord Energy and 7 mentions for Plains All American Pipeline. Plains All American Pipeline's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Chord Energy's score of 0.89 indicating that Plains All American Pipeline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chord Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Plains All American Pipeline	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is CHRD or PAA more profitable?

Chord Energy has a net margin of 16.15% compared to Plains All American Pipeline's net margin of 1.54%. Plains All American Pipeline's return on equity of 11.69% beat Chord Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chord Energy	16.15%	10.34%	6.91%
Plains All American Pipeline	1.54%	11.69%	4.83%

Do analysts recommend CHRD or PAA?

Chord Energy presently has a consensus price target of $151.08, indicating a potential upside of 38.36%. Plains All American Pipeline has a consensus price target of $20.36, indicating a potential upside of 7.86%. Given Chord Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Chord Energy is more favorable than Plains All American Pipeline.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chord Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85
Plains All American Pipeline	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CHRD or PAA?

97.8% of Chord Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Chord Energy beats Plains All American Pipeline on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.