WES vs. AM, ENLC, DTM, KNTK, ETRN, TRGP, TRP, KMI, WMB, and ET
Should you be buying Western Midstream Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Midstream Partners include Antero Midstream (AM), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), DT Midstream (DTM), Kinetik (KNTK), Equitrans Midstream (ETRN), Targa Resources (TRGP), TC Energy (TRP), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Williams Companies (WMB), and Energy Transfer (ET).
Antero Midstream (NYSE:AM) and Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Western Midstream Partners received 119 more outperform votes than Antero Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.02% of users gave Western Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 65.24% of users gave Antero Midstream an outperform vote.
Antero Midstream currently has a consensus price target of $12.70, suggesting a potential downside of 6.51%. Western Midstream Partners has a consensus price target of $30.75, suggesting a potential downside of 9.67%. Given Western Midstream Partners' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Antero Midstream is more favorable than Western Midstream Partners.
54.0% of Antero Midstream shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.9% of Western Midstream Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Antero Midstream shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Western Midstream Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Antero Midstream has a beta of 2.25, suggesting that its stock price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.83, suggesting that its stock price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Western Midstream Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Antero Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Western Midstream Partners and 7 mentions for Antero Midstream. Antero Midstream's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Western Midstream Partners' score of 0.46 indicating that Western Midstream Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Western Midstream Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Antero Midstream. Western Midstream Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Antero Midstream, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Antero Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Western Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Antero Midstream pays out 116.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Western Midstream Partners pays out 88.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Western Midstream Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Antero Midstream has a net margin of 35.69% compared to Antero Midstream's net margin of 32.72%. Antero Midstream's return on equity of 33.58% beat Western Midstream Partners' return on equity.
Summary
Western Midstream Partners beats Antero Midstream on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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