WGP vs. ENLC, WDS, EXE, CQP, CVE, TPL, DVN, PBA, CTRA, and EC
Should you be buying Western Gas Equity Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Gas Equity Partners include EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Expand Energy (EXE), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Texas Pacific Land (TPL), Devon Energy (DVN), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), Coterra Energy (CTRA), and Ecopetrol (EC). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Western Gas Equity Partners vs. Its Competitors
Western Gas Equity Partners (NYSE:WGP) and EnLink Midstream (NYSE:ENLC) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
Western Gas Equity Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than EnLink Midstream. Western Gas Equity Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EnLink Midstream, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Western Gas Equity Partners has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EnLink Midstream has a beta of 2.43, suggesting that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Western Gas Equity Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. EnLink Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Western Gas Equity Partners pays out 103.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. EnLink Midstream pays out 252.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Western Gas Equity Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
21.6% of Western Gas Equity Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.9% of EnLink Midstream shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of EnLink Midstream shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Western Gas Equity Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled EnLink Midstream'saverage media sentiment score.
EnLink Midstream has a consensus price target of $15.33, suggesting a potential upside of 5.32%. Given EnLink Midstream's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EnLink Midstream is more favorable than Western Gas Equity Partners.
Western Gas Equity Partners has a net margin of 19.06% compared to EnLink Midstream's net margin of 1.96%. Western Gas Equity Partners' return on equity of 11.72% beat EnLink Midstream's return on equity.
Western Gas Equity Partners received 6 more outperform votes than EnLink Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.19% of users gave Western Gas Equity Partners an outperform vote while only 48.09% of users gave EnLink Midstream an outperform vote.
Summary
Western Gas Equity Partners beats EnLink Midstream on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:WGP) was last updated on 6/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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