TC Energy (TRP) Competitors

Pembina Pipeline (TSE:PPL) and TC Energy (TSE:TRP) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PPL or TRP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pembina Pipeline	C$7.71B	3.79	C$1.98B	C$3.45	14.68
TC Energy	C$15.91B	4.24	C$5.15B	C$5.03	13.02

Which has more volatility and risk, PPL or TRP?

Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TC Energy has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PPL or TRP a better dividend stock?

Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of C$2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. TC Energy pays an annual dividend of C$3.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. 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.

Do analysts rate PPL or TRP?

Pembina Pipeline presently has a consensus target price of C$59.29, indicating a potential upside of 17.23%. TC Energy has a consensus target price of C$74.17, indicating a potential upside of 13.30%. Given Pembina Pipeline's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pembina Pipeline is more favorable than TC Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pembina Pipeline	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
TC Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PPL or TRP?

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PPL or TRP more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pembina Pipeline	25.73%	12.06%	4.31%
TC Energy	32.39%	17.25%	3.51%

Does the media refer more to PPL or TRP?

In the previous week, TC Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Pembina Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for TC Energy and 7 mentions for Pembina Pipeline. TC Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Pembina Pipeline's score of 0.62 indicating that TC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pembina Pipeline	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TC Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

TC Energy beats Pembina Pipeline on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.