Pembina Pipeline (PBA) Competitors

Pembina Pipeline (NYSE:PBA) and Antero Midstream (NYSE:AM) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

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

55.4% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.0% of Antero Midstream shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Antero Midstream shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PBA or AM a better dividend stock?

Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $2.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Antero Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Pembina Pipeline pays out 97.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Antero Midstream pays out 94.7% 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. Pembina Pipeline is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate PBA or AM?

Pembina Pipeline currently has a consensus price target of $56.00, suggesting a potential upside of 53.68%. Antero Midstream has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.45%. Given Pembina Pipeline's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Pembina Pipeline is more favorable than Antero Midstream.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pembina Pipeline	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
Antero Midstream	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Does the media refer more to PBA or AM?

In the previous week, Pembina Pipeline had 11 more articles in the media than Antero Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Pembina Pipeline and 15 mentions for Antero Midstream. Antero Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Pembina Pipeline's score of 0.67 indicating that Antero Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pembina Pipeline	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Antero Midstream	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PBA or AM more profitable?

Antero Midstream has a net margin of 39.53% compared to Pembina Pipeline's net margin of 23.24%. Antero Midstream's return on equity of 21.67% beat Pembina Pipeline's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pembina Pipeline	23.24%	12.27%	5.22%
Antero Midstream	39.53%	21.67%	7.93%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PBA or AM?

Pembina Pipeline has higher revenue and earnings than Antero Midstream. Pembina Pipeline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Antero Midstream, 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
Pembina Pipeline	$5.39B	3.93	$1.36B	$2.13	17.11
Antero Midstream	$1.11B	7.87	$400.89M	$0.95	19.15

Which has more volatility and risk, PBA or AM?

Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Midstream has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Pembina Pipeline beats Antero Midstream on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.