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AltaGas (ALA) Competitors

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C$41.94 +0.18 (+0.43%)
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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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

59.4% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.0% of AltaGas shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of AltaGas shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Pembina Pipeline presently has a consensus price target of C$58.10, indicating a potential upside of 9.21%. AltaGas has a consensus price target of C$44.33, indicating a potential upside of 5.71%. Given Pembina Pipeline's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82
AltaGas
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of C$2.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. AltaGas pays an annual dividend of C$1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Pembina Pipeline pays out 93.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AltaGas pays out 47.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

In the previous week, Pembina Pipeline had 3 more articles in the media than AltaGas. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pembina Pipeline and 3 mentions for AltaGas. AltaGas' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Pembina Pipeline's score of 0.26 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
AltaGas
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 0.718773, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AltaGas has a beta of 0.183547, indicating that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pembina PipelineC$8.06B3.83C$1.98BC$2.9617.97
AltaGasC$12.83B0.98C$513.15MC$2.6016.13

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%

Summary

Pembina Pipeline beats AltaGas on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ALA vs. The Competition

MetricAltaGasOil & Gas Midstream IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$12.55BC$35.52BC$7.78BC$9.42B
Dividend Yield3.02%5.86%10.78%6.50%
P/E Ratio16.1312.2039.6125.95
Price / Sales0.983.31888.569.54
Price / Cash52.24109.0935.5083.29
Price / Book1.513.273.995.61
Net IncomeC$513.15MC$1.83BC$4.29BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance1.43%3.61%1.20%1.82%
1 Month Performance0.50%4.95%3.42%8.55%
1 Year PerformanceN/A2.77%15.19%37.62%

AltaGas Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALA
AltaGas
1.7571 of 5 stars
C$41.94
+0.4%
C$44.33
+5.7%
N/AC$12.55BC$12.83B16.133,045High Trading Volume
PPL
Pembina Pipeline
2.4315 of 5 stars
C$52.55
0.0%
C$58.10
+10.6%
-3.2%C$30.53BC$8.06B17.756,530News Coverage
High Trading Volume
KEY
Keyera
2.5899 of 5 stars
C$44.50
+0.4%
C$50.92
+14.4%
+9.5%C$10.20BC$7.27B19.2617,500Analyst Upgrade
GEI
Gibson Energy
2.4013 of 5 stars
C$25.64
-2.5%
C$26.41
+3.0%
+18.0%C$4.20BC$10.77B26.431,140Positive News
TPZ
Topaz Energy
3.2251 of 5 stars
C$25.01
+0.7%
C$31.80
+27.1%
+1.9%C$3.85BC$316.85M61.008News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
KML
Kinder Morgan Canada Limited (KML.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.73BC$414.40M38.04153
TWM
Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure
0.6124 of 5 stars
C$4.72
+4.9%
C$6.00
+27.1%
+1.7%C$101.93MC$1.39B-1.82392
ENB
Enbridge
1.2646 of 5 stars
C$66.75
-0.2%
C$67.07
+0.5%
+22.8%C$145.55BC$64.48B23.5011,500
TRP
TC Energy
1.9238 of 5 stars
C$71.65
-0.3%
C$74.46
+3.9%
+14.5%C$74.49BC$14.30B17.567,480
CCO
Cameco
1.3514 of 5 stars
C$106.66
+1.5%
C$109.69
+2.8%
+97.3%C$46.44BC$3.57B87.434,700
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.3665 of 5 stars
C$22.12
+0.0%
C$28.10
+27.0%
+6.1%C$39.81BC$55.62B15.366,000News Coverage
Dividend Announcement

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This page (TSE:ALA) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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