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Plains GP (PAGP) Competitors

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PAGP vs. FANG, CNQ, DVN, EPD, ET, HAL, KMI, OKE, PAA, and TRGP

Should you be buying Plains GP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plains GP include Diamondback Energy (FANG), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), Devon Energy (DVN), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), Halliburton (HAL), Kinder Morgan (KMI), ONEOK (OKE), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), and Targa Resources (TRGP). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Plains GP vs. Its Competitors

Plains GP (NYSE:PAGP) and Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk and profitability.

Plains GP has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Diamondback Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Plains GP. Diamondback Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plains GP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Plains GP$50.09B0.08$103M$0.7426.45
Diamondback Energy$11.07B3.60$3.34B$16.358.35

Plains GP pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. 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. Diamondback Energy pays out 24.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diamondback Energy has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years.

88.3% of Plains GP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.8% of Plains GP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Diamondback Energy had 26 more articles in the media than Plains GP. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Diamondback Energy and 5 mentions for Plains GP. Plains GP's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Diamondback Energy's score of 1.41 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
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Diamondback Energy
21 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Plains GP currently has a consensus target price of $20.88, suggesting a potential upside of 6.67%. Diamondback Energy has a consensus target price of $193.35, suggesting a potential upside of 41.68%. Given Diamondback Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Diamondback Energy is more favorable than Plains GP.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Plains GP
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
Diamondback Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.05

Diamondback Energy has a net margin of 30.84% compared to Plains GP's net margin of 0.21%. Diamondback Energy's return on equity of 11.22% beat Plains GP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Plains GP0.21% 0.70% 0.36%
Diamondback Energy 30.84%11.22%6.53%

Summary

Diamondback Energy beats Plains GP on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PAGP vs. The Competition

MetricPlains GPPipelines, except natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.87B$8.50B$7.70B$20.64B
Dividend Yield7.74%7.92%10.96%3.68%
P/E Ratio36.9331.2564.3327.27
Price / Sales0.080.1729,438.5455.20
Price / Cash3.434.8636.3121.88
Price / Book0.260.703.854.60
Net Income$103M$437.50M$4.24B$995.22M
7 Day PerformanceN/AN/A-0.48%-0.80%
1 Month Performance3.49%4.01%-0.63%3.55%
1 Year Performance-0.46%-0.50%10.15%7.35%

Plains GP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAGP
Plains GP
2.4431 of 5 stars
$19.57
-0.1%
$20.88
+6.7%
+0.0%$3.87B$50.09B36.934,100Positive News
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.9543 of 5 stars
$141.96
-1.6%
$193.35
+36.2%
-34.6%$41.48B$12.84B8.681,983Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CNQ
Canadian Natural Resources
4.7634 of 5 stars
$31.82
-0.9%
$63.00
+98.0%
-14.6%$66.55B$44.80B12.4810,640Positive News
DVN
Devon Energy
4.7816 of 5 stars
$33.22
-2.2%
$43.79
+31.8%
-32.9%$21.33B$15.94B7.572,300Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EPD
Enterprise Products Partners
4.2937 of 5 stars
$31.83
-0.2%
$36.36
+14.2%
+6.4%$69.03B$56.22B11.927,800
ET
Energy Transfer
4.8772 of 5 stars
$17.51
+0.3%
$22.58
+29.0%
+7.6%$60.07B$82.06B13.2616,248Positive News
HAL
Halliburton
4.8616 of 5 stars
$22.05
-4.5%
$33.53
+52.1%
-39.2%$18.95B$22.94B9.2248,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
KMI
Kinder Morgan
4.3209 of 5 stars
$28.34
+1.8%
$30.40
+7.3%
+38.8%$62.97B$15.10B24.4310,933Trending News
Earnings Report
OKE
ONEOK
4.9372 of 5 stars
$81.61
+0.3%
$103.14
+26.4%
-5.4%$51.38B$21.70B15.945,177Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
PAA
Plains All American Pipeline
3.6668 of 5 stars
$18.73
-0.8%
$20.36
+8.7%
+0.1%$13.17B$50.09B25.664,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TRGP
Targa Resources
4.9701 of 5 stars
$172.67
+0.4%
$209.57
+21.4%
+26.1%$37.46B$16.38B31.803,370Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:PAGP) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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