PAGP vs. NS, DKL, GEL, DINO, PAA, LBRT, SEDG, CVI, BSM, and CNX
Should you be buying Plains GP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plains GP include NuStar Energy (NS), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), Genesis Energy (GEL), HF Sinclair (DINO), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), Liberty Energy (LBRT), SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG), CVR Energy (CVI), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), and CNX Resources (CNX). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
NuStar Energy (NYSE:NS) and Plains GP (NYSE:PAGP) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, NuStar Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Plains GP. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for NuStar Energy and 5 mentions for Plains GP. Plains GP's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat NuStar Energy's score of 0.68 indicating that NuStar Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Plains GP received 41 more outperform votes than NuStar Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.57% of users gave Plains GP an outperform vote while only 56.37% of users gave NuStar Energy an outperform vote.
NuStar Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Plains GP pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. NuStar Energy pays out 225.4% 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 GP pays out 124.5% 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 GP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
63.1% of NuStar Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of Plains GP shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of NuStar Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Plains GP shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
NuStar Energy has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plains GP has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NuStar Energy currently has a consensus target price of $19.43, indicating a potential downside of 16.62%. Plains GP has a consensus target price of $17.43, indicating a potential downside of 4.50%. Given NuStar Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Plains GP is more favorable than NuStar Energy.
NuStar Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Plains GP. Plains GP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NuStar Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NuStar Energy has a net margin of 16.75% compared to NuStar Energy's net margin of 0.41%. Plains GP's return on equity of 107.61% beat NuStar Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Plains GP beats NuStar Energy on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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