ENB vs. CP, BIP.UN, TFII, CXR, GWR, HEP, NM, AAL, GXO, and TEN
Should you be buying Enbridge stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enbridge include Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP.UN), TFI International (TFII), Concordia International (CXR), Global Water Resources (GWR), Horizons Gold Producer Equity Covered Call ETF (HEP), Northern Empire Resources (NM), Advantage Lithium Corp. (AAL.V) (AAL), Granite Oil (GXO), and Terraco Gold (TEN). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Enbridge vs. Its Competitors
Canadian Pacific Kansas City (TSE:CP) and Enbridge (TSE:ENB) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
76.2% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of Enbridge shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Enbridge shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Canadian Pacific Kansas City had 3 more articles in the media than Enbridge. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Canadian Pacific Kansas City and 9 mentions for Enbridge. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Enbridge's score of 0.06 indicating that Canadian Pacific Kansas City is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enbridge has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City presently has a consensus price target of C$120.62, suggesting a potential upside of 13.76%. Enbridge has a consensus price target of C$66.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.18%. Given Canadian Pacific Kansas City's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Canadian Pacific Kansas City is more favorable than Enbridge.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Enbridge pays an annual dividend of C$3.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays out 20.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
Summary
Canadian Pacific Kansas City beats Enbridge on 13 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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This page (TSE:ENB) was last updated on 7/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
