TRP vs. PPL, EMA, BIPC, BEPC, TA, AQN, RNW, UNS, ORA, and ET
Should you be buying TC Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TC Energy include Pembina Pipeline (PPL), Emera (EMA), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), TransAlta (TA), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), TransAlta Renewables (RNW), Uni-Select (UNS), Aura Minerals (ORA), and Evertz Technologies (ET). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
TC Energy vs. Its Competitors
Pembina Pipeline (TSE:PPL) and TC Energy (TSE:TRP) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
63.9% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of TC Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of TC Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of C$2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. TC Energy pays an annual dividend of C$3.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. 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.
In the previous week, TC Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Pembina Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for TC Energy and 1 mentions for Pembina Pipeline. TC Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Pembina Pipeline's score of 0.00 indicating that TC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TC Energy has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pembina Pipeline received 63 more outperform votes than TC Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.38% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote while only 60.26% of users gave TC Energy an outperform vote.
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.
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.
Pembina Pipeline currently has a consensus price target of C$59.36, indicating a potential upside of 14.92%. TC Energy has a consensus price target of C$74.17, indicating a potential upside of 9.39%. Given Pembina Pipeline's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Pembina Pipeline is more favorable than TC Energy.
Summary
TC Energy beats Pembina Pipeline on 14 of the 21 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:TRP) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
