Pembina Pipeline (PBA) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PBA or BP?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PBA or BP?

BP received 681 more outperform votes than Pembina Pipeline when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.40% of users gave BP an outperform vote while only 66.41% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pembina Pipeline	Outperform Votes 518 66.41%	Underperform Votes 262 33.59%
BP	Outperform Votes 1199 67.40%	Underperform Votes 580 32.60%

Is PBA or BP a better dividend stock?

Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $1.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. BP pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Pembina Pipeline pays out 80.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BP pays out 200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts prefer PBA or BP?

Pembina Pipeline currently has a consensus price target of $56.50, indicating a potential upside of 50.81%. BP has a consensus price target of $38.76, indicating a potential upside of 22.28%. Given Pembina Pipeline's 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
Pembina Pipeline	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
BP	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PBA or BP?

BP has higher revenue and earnings than Pembina Pipeline. Pembina Pipeline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BP, 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	$6.70B	3.24	$1.32B	$2.42	15.48
BP	$213.03B	0.40	$15.24B	$0.95	33.37

Does the media favor PBA or BP?

In the previous week, BP had 28 more articles in the media than Pembina Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for BP and 17 mentions for Pembina Pipeline. Pembina Pipeline's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat BP's score of -0.19 indicating that Pembina Pipeline is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pembina Pipeline	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BP	4 Very Positive mention(s)	10 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	12 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is PBA or BP more profitable?

Pembina Pipeline has a net margin of 25.39% compared to BP's net margin of 1.36%. Pembina Pipeline's return on equity of 13.62% beat BP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pembina Pipeline	25.39%	13.62%	5.71%
BP	1.36%	12.91%	3.91%

Which has more risk & volatility, PBA or BP?

Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BP has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BP beats Pembina Pipeline on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.