Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP) Competitors

Enbridge (TSE:ENB) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (TSE:CP) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.

Is ENB or CP more profitable?

Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a net margin of 24.50% compared to Enbridge's net margin of 13.75%. Enbridge's return on equity of 10.30% beat Canadian Pacific Kansas City's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enbridge	13.75%	10.30%	3.07%
Canadian Pacific Kansas City	24.50%	8.22%	4.23%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ENB or CP?

Enbridge received 14 more outperform votes than Canadian Pacific Kansas City when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.26% of users gave Enbridge an outperform vote while only 60.41% of users gave Canadian Pacific Kansas City an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Enbridge	Outperform Votes 757 68.26%	Underperform Votes 352 31.74%
Canadian Pacific Kansas City	Outperform Votes 743 60.41%	Underperform Votes 487 39.59%

Does the media refer more to ENB or CP?

In the previous week, Enbridge had 14 more articles in the media than Canadian Pacific Kansas City. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Enbridge and 5 mentions for Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's average media sentiment score of -0.05 beat Enbridge's score of -0.06 indicating that Canadian Pacific Kansas City is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Enbridge	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Canadian Pacific Kansas City	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate ENB or CP?

Enbridge currently has a consensus target price of C$66.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.94%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a consensus target price of C$119.62, indicating a potential upside of 4.89%. Given Canadian Pacific Kansas City's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Canadian Pacific Kansas City is more favorable than Enbridge.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enbridge	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Canadian Pacific Kansas City	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

Which has higher earnings & valuation, ENB or CP?

Enbridge has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Enbridge is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Pacific Kansas City, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enbridge	C$48.23B	2.85	C$6.63B	C$3.08	20.64
Canadian Pacific Kansas City	C$14.47B	7.37	C$3.55B	C$3.79	30.11

Which has more volatility and risk, ENB or CP?

Enbridge has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ENB or CP?

54.5% of Enbridge shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.2% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Enbridge shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ENB or CP a better dividend stock?

Enbridge pays an annual dividend of C$3.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Enbridge pays out 119.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays out 20.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Canadian Pacific Kansas City beats Enbridge on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.