Plains GP (PAGP) Competitors

Plains GP (NYSE:PAGP) and Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PAGP or PAA?

Plains All American Pipeline received 259 more outperform votes than Plains GP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.23% of users gave Plains All American Pipeline an outperform vote while only 57.24% of users gave Plains GP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Plains GP	Outperform Votes 439 57.24%	Underperform Votes 328 42.76%
Plains All American Pipeline	Outperform Votes 698 65.23%	Underperform Votes 372 34.77%

Is PAGP or PAA a better dividend stock?

Plains GP pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Plains All American Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Plains GP pays out 205.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. 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.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PAGP or PAA?

88.3% of Plains GP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.8% of Plains GP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is PAGP or PAA more profitable?

Plains All American Pipeline has a net margin of 1.54% compared to Plains GP's net margin of 0.21%. Plains All American Pipeline's return on equity of 11.69% beat Plains GP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Plains GP	0.21%	0.70%	0.36%
Plains All American Pipeline	1.54%	11.69%	4.83%

Do analysts recommend PAGP or PAA?

Plains GP presently has a consensus target price of $20.71, suggesting a potential upside of 16.31%. Plains All American Pipeline has a consensus target price of $20.45, suggesting a potential upside of 22.19%. Given Plains All American Pipeline's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Plains All American Pipeline is more favorable than Plains GP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Plains GP	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Plains All American Pipeline	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PAGP or PAA?

Plains All American Pipeline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plains GP, 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 GP	$50.09B	0.07	$103M	$0.74	24.07
Plains All American Pipeline	$50.09B	0.24	$772M	$0.93	18.00

Which has more risk & volatility, PAGP or PAA?

Plains GP has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plains All American Pipeline has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PAGP or PAA?

In the previous week, Plains GP had 1 more articles in the media than Plains All American Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Plains GP and 7 mentions for Plains All American Pipeline. Plains GP's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Plains All American Pipeline's score of 0.43 indicating that Plains GP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Plains GP	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Plains All American Pipeline	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

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