Ultrapar Participacoes (UGP) Competitors

DT Midstream (NYSE:DTM) and Ultrapar Participacoes (NYSE:UGP) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.

Which has better valuation & earnings, DTM or UGP?

Ultrapar Participacoes has higher revenue and earnings than DT Midstream. Ultrapar Participacoes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DT 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
DT Midstream	$981M	10.50	$354M	$3.67	27.63
Ultrapar Participacoes	$24.76B	0.14	$438.05M	$0.36	8.64

Do analysts rate DTM or UGP?

DT Midstream presently has a consensus price target of $109.27, indicating a potential upside of 7.75%. Ultrapar Participacoes has a consensus price target of $3.20, indicating a potential upside of 2.89%. Given DT Midstream's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DT Midstream is more favorable than Ultrapar Participacoes.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DT Midstream	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36
Ultrapar Participacoes	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.40

Is DTM or UGP a better dividend stock?

DT Midstream pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Ultrapar Participacoes pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. DT Midstream pays out 89.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ultrapar Participacoes pays out 38.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DT Midstream has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Ultrapar Participacoes is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DTM or UGP?

81.5% of DT Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.6% of Ultrapar Participacoes shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of DT Midstream shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Ultrapar Participacoes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer DTM or UGP?

In the previous week, DT Midstream had 8 more articles in the media than Ultrapar Participacoes. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for DT Midstream and 7 mentions for Ultrapar Participacoes. DT Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Ultrapar Participacoes' score of 0.57 indicating that DT Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DT Midstream	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ultrapar Participacoes	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is DTM or UGP more profitable?

DT Midstream has a net margin of 34.96% compared to Ultrapar Participacoes' net margin of 1.65%. Ultrapar Participacoes' return on equity of 14.29% beat DT Midstream's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DT Midstream	34.96%	8.46%	4.12%
Ultrapar Participacoes	1.65%	14.29%	5.70%

Which has more volatility and risk, DTM or UGP?

DT Midstream has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ultrapar Participacoes has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

DT Midstream and Ultrapar Participacoes tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.