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AltaGas (ALA) Competitors

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C$40.62 +0.12 (+0.30%)
As of 02:37 PM Eastern

ALA vs. PPL, KEY, GEI, TPZ, KML, TWM, ENB, TRP, CCO, and CVE

Should you be buying AltaGas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AltaGas include Pembina Pipeline (PPL), Keyera (KEY), Gibson Energy (GEI), Topaz Energy (TPZ), Kinder Morgan Canada Limited (KML.TO) (KML), Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure (TWM), Enbridge (ENB), TC Energy (TRP), Cameco (CCO), and Cenovus Energy (CVE). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

AltaGas vs. Its Competitors

Pembina Pipeline (TSE:PPL) and AltaGas (TSE:ALA) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of C$2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. AltaGas pays an annual dividend of C$1.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Pembina Pipeline pays out 80.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AltaGas pays out 69.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

63.9% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.3% of AltaGas shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of AltaGas shares are owned 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.

Pembina Pipeline has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AltaGas. Pembina Pipeline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AltaGas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pembina PipelineC$7.71B3.86C$1.98BC$3.4514.95
AltaGasC$12.70B0.95C$513.15MC$1.7323.54

Pembina Pipeline currently has a consensus price target of C$58.10, indicating a potential upside of 12.82%. AltaGas has a consensus price target of C$44.33, indicating a potential upside of 9.14%. Given Pembina Pipeline's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pembina Pipeline is more favorable than AltaGas.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pembina Pipeline
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
AltaGas
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, Pembina Pipeline had 2 more articles in the media than AltaGas. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Pembina Pipeline and 1 mentions for AltaGas. AltaGas' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Pembina Pipeline's score of 0.19 indicating that AltaGas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pembina Pipeline
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
AltaGas
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Pembina Pipeline has a net margin of 25.73% compared to AltaGas' net margin of 4.04%. Pembina Pipeline's return on equity of 12.06% beat AltaGas' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pembina Pipeline25.73% 12.06% 4.31%
AltaGas 4.04%6.36%2.69%

Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AltaGas has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Pembina Pipeline beats AltaGas on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ALA vs. The Competition

MetricAltaGasOil & Gas Midstream IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$12.09BC$34.40BC$8.00BC$6.40B
Dividend Yield3.37%5.95%10.85%6.72%
P/E Ratio23.5411.7274.7667.86
Price / Sales0.953.2925,848.951,632.76
Price / Cash52.24109.0936.0283.29
Price / Book1.462.334.095.31
Net IncomeC$513.15MC$1.83BC$4.27BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-3.12%0.32%3.13%4.06%
1 Month Performance1.15%1.11%1.31%4.78%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-0.97%11.19%32.67%

AltaGas Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALA
AltaGas
1.5068 of 5 stars
C$40.62
+0.3%
C$44.33
+9.1%
+19.5%C$12.09BC$12.70B23.543,045
PPL
Pembina Pipeline
2.7911 of 5 stars
C$52.38
-0.5%
C$57.91
+10.6%
-3.9%C$30.28BC$7.71B15.206,530
KEY
Keyera
2.7412 of 5 stars
C$45.38
-0.2%
C$50.92
+12.2%
+12.9%C$10.45BC$7.53B23.3917,500
GEI
Gibson Energy
2.5438 of 5 stars
C$26.08
-0.3%
C$26.50
+1.6%
+17.4%C$4.25BC$12.27B20.111,140Positive News
TPZ
Topaz Energy
2.5431 of 5 stars
C$25.11
-0.8%
C$31.80
+26.6%
-3.2%C$3.84BC$316.80M58.968
KML
Kinder Morgan Canada Limited (KML.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.73BC$414.40M38.04153
TWM
Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure
N/AC$0.22
flat
C$0.30
+36.4%
-33.3%C$94.84MC$1.79B-0.27392Gap Up
ENB
Enbridge
0.9661 of 5 stars
C$66.01
-0.5%
C$67.07
+1.6%
+23.1%C$143.06BC$48.23B21.4611,500
TRP
TC Energy
1.3783 of 5 stars
C$70.40
-0.6%
C$74.42
+5.7%
+15.1%C$72.60BC$15.91B14.007,480
CCO
Cameco
1.2741 of 5 stars
C$103.94
+0.3%
C$107.08
+3.0%
+84.2%C$45.75BC$2.83B392.724,700Analyst Revision
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.5224 of 5 stars
C$23.15
+2.1%
C$27.70
+19.7%
-7.4%C$42.17BC$54.87B11.416,000News Coverage
Positive News
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