Pembina Pipeline (PBA) Competitors

BP (NYSE:BP) and Pembina Pipeline (NYSE:PBA) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more volatility & risk, BP or PBA?

BP has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BP or PBA more profitable?

Pembina Pipeline has a net margin of 25.39% compared to BP's net margin of 0.20%. Pembina Pipeline's return on equity of 13.62% beat BP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BP	0.20%	10.96%	3.24%
Pembina Pipeline	25.39%	13.62%	5.71%

Do analysts prefer BP or PBA?

BP presently has a consensus price target of $35.28, indicating a potential upside of 16.72%. Pembina Pipeline has a consensus price target of $56.00, indicating a potential upside of 49.68%. Given Pembina Pipeline's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pembina Pipeline is more favorable than BP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BP	2 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27
Pembina Pipeline	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BP or PBA?

Pembina Pipeline has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BP. BP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pembina 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
BP	$187.21B	0.44	$381M	-$0.46	-65.70
Pembina Pipeline	$8.01B	2.71	$1.32B	$2.21	16.93

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BP or PBA?

11.0% of BP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to BP or PBA?

In the previous week, BP had 8 more articles in the media than Pembina Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for BP and 1 mentions for Pembina Pipeline. Pembina Pipeline's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat BP's score of 1.01 indicating that Pembina Pipeline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BP	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pembina Pipeline	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BP or PBA a better dividend stock?

BP pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. BP pays out -413.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pembina Pipeline pays out 93.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pembina Pipeline has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. BP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BP or PBA?

BP received 678 more outperform votes than Pembina Pipeline when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.95% of users gave BP an outperform vote while only 66.54% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BP	Outperform Votes 1199 66.95%	Underperform Votes 592 33.05%
Pembina Pipeline	Outperform Votes 521 66.54%	Underperform Votes 262 33.46%

Summary

Pembina Pipeline beats BP on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.