PPL vs. TRP, EMA, BIPC, AQN, BEPC, TA, RNW, UNS, ORA, and ET
Should you be buying Pembina Pipeline stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pembina Pipeline include TC Energy (TRP), Emera (EMA), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), TransAlta (TA), TransAlta Renewables (RNW), Uni-Select (UNS), Aura Minerals (ORA), and Evertz Technologies (ET). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Pembina Pipeline vs.
Pembina Pipeline (TSE:PPL) and TC Energy (TSE:TRP) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
TC Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Pembina Pipeline. TC Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pembina Pipeline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TC Energy has a net margin of 32.39% compared to Pembina Pipeline's net margin of 25.73%. TC Energy's return on equity of 17.25% beat Pembina Pipeline's return on equity.
In the previous week, TC Energy had 10 more articles in the media than Pembina Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for TC Energy and 12 mentions for Pembina Pipeline. Pembina Pipeline's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat TC Energy's score of 0.60 indicating that Pembina Pipeline is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TC Energy has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pembina Pipeline received 67 more outperform votes than TC Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.43% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote while only 60.10% of users gave TC Energy an outperform vote.
Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of C$2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. TC Energy pays an annual dividend of C$3.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. 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. TC Energy pays out 76.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TC Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Pembina Pipeline presently has a consensus price target of C$59.33, indicating a potential upside of 12.59%. TC Energy has a consensus price target of C$73.42, indicating a potential upside of 5.41%. Given Pembina Pipeline's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pembina Pipeline is more favorable than TC Energy.
63.9% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of TC Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of TC Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
TC Energy beats Pembina Pipeline on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:PPL) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff