SMLP vs. MMLP, NGS, FET, GEOS, PHX, FTK, EGY, BROGW, IMPPP, and PXSAW
Should you be buying Summit Midstream Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Summit Midstream Partners include Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), PHX Minerals (PHX), Flotek Industries (FTK), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Brooge Energy (BROGW), Imperial Petroleum (IMPPP), and Pyxis Tankers (PXSAW).
Martin Midstream Partners (NASDAQ:MMLP) and Summit Midstream Partners (NYSE:SMLP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation and risk.
Summit Midstream Partners received 240 more outperform votes than Martin Midstream Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.91% of users gave Summit Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 59.44% of users gave Martin Midstream Partners an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Martin Midstream Partners had 15 more articles in the media than Summit Midstream Partners. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Martin Midstream Partners and 3 mentions for Summit Midstream Partners. Martin Midstream Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Summit Midstream Partners' score of 0.23 indicating that Summit Midstream Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Martin Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.12, indicating that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Summit Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.33, indicating that its share price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.
34.9% of Martin Midstream Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of Summit Midstream Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.0% of Martin Midstream Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Summit Midstream Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Martin Midstream Partners has a net margin of 0.52% compared to Martin Midstream Partners' net margin of -8.49%. Martin Midstream Partners' return on equity of -4.72% beat Summit Midstream Partners' return on equity.
Martin Midstream Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Summit Midstream Partners. Summit Midstream Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Martin Midstream Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Martin Midstream Partners beats Summit Midstream Partners on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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