KEY vs. ALA, IPL, HSE, LUN, K, AGI, CU, MEG, WFT, and YRI
Should you be buying Keyera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Keyera include AltaGas (ALA), Inter Pipeline (IPL), Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) (HSE), Lundin Mining (LUN), Kinross Gold (K), Alamos Gold (AGI), Canadian Utilities (CU), MEG Energy (MEG), West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (WFT.TO) (WFT), and Yamana Gold (YRI). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Keyera vs.
AltaGas (TSE:ALA) and Keyera (TSE:KEY) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
34.1% of AltaGas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of Keyera shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of AltaGas shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Keyera shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
AltaGas currently has a consensus target price of C$32.14, indicating a potential upside of 46.17%. Keyera has a consensus target price of C$35.17, indicating a potential upside of 22.40%. Given AltaGas' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe AltaGas is more favorable than Keyera.
AltaGas received 21 more outperform votes than Keyera when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.72% of users gave AltaGas an outperform vote while only 56.78% of users gave Keyera an outperform vote.
AltaGas has higher revenue and earnings than Keyera. AltaGas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Keyera, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Keyera has a net margin of 4.65% compared to AltaGas' net margin of 3.71%. Keyera's return on equity of 11.99% beat AltaGas' return on equity.
In the previous week, Keyera had 3 more articles in the media than AltaGas. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Keyera and 1 mentions for AltaGas. Keyera's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat AltaGas' score of -0.30 indicating that Keyera is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AltaGas pays an annual dividend of C$1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Keyera pays an annual dividend of C$1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. AltaGas pays out 81.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Keyera pays out 134.3% 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 has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keyera has a beta of 2.17, suggesting that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Keyera beats AltaGas on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KEY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
