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AltaGas (ALA) Competitors

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C$38.04 +0.53 (+1.41%)
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ALA vs. PPL, KEY, TPZ, GEI, KML, TWM, ENB, TRP, CVE, and CCO

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

AltaGas vs.

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 community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

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

In the previous week, Pembina Pipeline had 5 more articles in the media than AltaGas. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Pembina Pipeline and 2 mentions for AltaGas. AltaGas' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Pembina Pipeline's score of 0.19 indicating that AltaGas is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Pembina Pipeline received 103 more outperform votes than AltaGas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.01% of users gave AltaGas an outperform vote while only 61.38% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AltaGasOutperform Votes
574
63.01%
Underperform Votes
337
36.99%
Pembina PipelineOutperform Votes
677
61.38%
Underperform Votes
426
38.62%

35.3% of AltaGas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.9% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of AltaGas shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

AltaGas pays an annual dividend of C$1.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of C$2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. AltaGas pays out 69.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 presently has a consensus target price of C$41.33, indicating a potential upside of 8.66%. Pembina Pipeline has a consensus target price of C$59.36, indicating a potential upside of 14.74%. Given Pembina Pipeline's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
Pembina Pipeline
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

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%

Pembina Pipeline has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
AltaGasC$12.70B0.89C$513.15MC$1.7322.05
Pembina PipelineC$7.71B3.88C$1.98BC$3.4515.01

Summary

Pembina Pipeline beats AltaGas on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ALA vs. The Competition

MetricAltaGasOil & Gas Midstream IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$11.32BC$33.35BC$7.28BC$5.94B
Dividend Yield3.37%5.95%10.95%6.32%
P/E Ratio22.0511.2154.3529.95
Price / Sales0.893.2323,751.11752.53
Price / Cash52.24109.0935.5083.71
Price / Book1.372.213.533.96
Net IncomeC$513.15MC$1.83BC$4.30BC$301.32M
7 Day Performance1.33%-1.24%-1.22%1.35%
1 Month Performance-3.65%-5.61%7.90%8.57%
1 Year Performance23.67%-6.27%175.33%14.85%

AltaGas Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALA
AltaGas
1.8935 of 5 stars
C$38.04
+1.4%
C$41.33
+8.7%
+21.7%C$11.32BC$12.70B22.053,045
PPL
Pembina Pipeline
2.4803 of 5 stars
C$51.77
+0.2%
C$59.13
+14.2%
+3.9%C$29.93BC$7.71B15.036,530
KEY
Keyera
0.935 of 5 stars
C$43.44
-0.6%
C$44.69
+2.9%
+16.8%C$10.01BC$7.53B22.3917,500
TPZ
Topaz Energy
2.1827 of 5 stars
C$24.76
+2.3%
C$31.64
+27.8%
+12.3%C$3.79BC$316.80M58.148
GEI
Gibson Energy
3.2743 of 5 stars
C$22.12
+0.5%
C$25.85
+16.9%
-1.7%C$3.61BC$12.27B17.061,140News Coverage
Positive News
KML
Kinder Morgan Canada Limited (KML.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.73BC$414.40M38.04153
TWM
Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure
2.8196 of 5 stars
C$0.21
-4.7%
C$0.40
+95.1%
-69.4%C$88.37MC$1.79B-0.25392Positive News
Gap Up
ENB
Enbridge
1.2398 of 5 stars
C$62.29
-3.1%
C$66.00
+6.0%
+26.9%C$135.00BC$48.23B20.2511,500Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
TRP
TC Energy
2.9076 of 5 stars
C$67.33
-2.2%
C$74.17
+10.2%
+31.5%C$69.43BC$15.91B13.397,480Positive News
Analyst Revision
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.6455 of 5 stars
C$19.16
+3.8%
C$28.15
+46.9%
-32.8%C$34.90BC$54.87B9.446,000Insider Trade
CCO
Cameco
1.5107 of 5 stars
C$71.54
+1.2%
C$82.75
+15.7%
+1.0%C$31.49BC$2.83B270.304,700

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This page (TSE:ALA) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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