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AltaGas (ALA) Competitors

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C$42.15 +0.02 (+0.05%)
As of 10:24 AM Eastern

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

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), Cenovus Energy (CVE), and Tourmaline Oil (TOU). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

AltaGas vs. Its Competitors

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

39.0% of AltaGas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of AltaGas shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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
AltaGas4.04% 6.36% 2.69%
Pembina Pipeline 25.73%12.06%4.31%

AltaGas has a beta of 0.127996, meaning that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 0.683873, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Pembina Pipeline had 21 more articles in the media than AltaGas. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Pembina Pipeline and 3 mentions for AltaGas. AltaGas' average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Pembina Pipeline's score of -0.18 indicating that AltaGas is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

AltaGas pays an annual dividend of C$1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of C$2.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. AltaGas pays out 47.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 currently has a consensus target price of C$44.89, suggesting a potential upside of 6.50%. Pembina Pipeline has a consensus target price of C$58.45, suggesting a potential upside of 9.92%. Given Pembina Pipeline's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pembina Pipeline is more favorable than AltaGas.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AltaGas
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Pembina Pipeline
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

Pembina Pipeline has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
AltaGasC$12.83B0.98C$513.15MC$2.6016.21
Pembina PipelineC$8.06B3.83C$1.98BC$2.9617.97

Summary

Pembina Pipeline beats AltaGas on 15 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$12.61BC$35.13BC$7.68BC$9.64B
Dividend Yield2.96%5.92%10.84%6.52%
P/E Ratio16.2111.8472.9329.51
Price / Sales0.983.261,486.4712.01
Price / Cash52.24109.0936.7683.29
Price / Book1.523.144.835.72
Net IncomeC$513.15MC$1.83BC$4.28BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-1.10%-1.46%0.08%0.70%
1 Month Performance1.96%-1.32%1.22%4.88%
1 Year Performance18.97%-0.08%16.48%37.71%

AltaGas Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALA
AltaGas
1.9132 of 5 stars
C$42.15
+0.0%
C$44.89
+6.5%
N/AC$12.61BC$12.83B16.213,045
PPL
Pembina Pipeline
2.6669 of 5 stars
C$54.61
-1.8%
C$58.45
+7.0%
-9.8%C$31.72BC$8.06B18.456,530Trending News
Analyst Revision
KEY
Keyera
2.824 of 5 stars
C$43.87
-2.8%
C$51.36
+17.1%
-2.3%C$10.05BC$7.27B18.9917,500
GEI
Gibson Energy
2.8534 of 5 stars
C$24.19
-2.5%
C$26.41
+9.2%
+1.6%C$3.96BC$10.77B24.941,140News Coverage
Positive News
TPZ
Topaz Energy
3.3804 of 5 stars
C$25.02
-1.0%
C$31.80
+27.1%
-8.1%C$3.85BC$316.85M61.028High Trading Volume
KML
Kinder Morgan Canada Limited (KML.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.73BC$414.40M38.04153
TWM
Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure
N/AC$6.05
+0.2%
C$6.00
-0.8%
-13.6%C$130.65MC$1.39B-2.33392
ENB
Enbridge
1.3551 of 5 stars
C$66.77
-0.8%
C$67.53
+1.1%
+15.4%C$145.59BC$64.48B23.5111,500
TRP
TC Energy
2.2765 of 5 stars
C$73.93
+0.0%
C$74.54
+0.8%
+11.1%C$76.86BC$14.30B18.127,480Analyst Forecast
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.3022 of 5 stars
C$24.25
-4.4%
C$28.10
+15.9%
+1.4%C$43.12BC$55.62B16.846,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TOU
Tourmaline Oil
3.809 of 5 stars
C$59.67
-2.4%
C$74.00
+24.0%
-4.1%C$23.08BC$6.03B14.84389News Coverage
Analyst Forecast

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This page (TSE:ALA) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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