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
TC Energy (TSE:TRP) and Pembina Pipeline (TSE:PPL) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
79.4% of TC Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.9% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of TC Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by 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.
TC Energy has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
TC Energy pays an annual dividend of C$3.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of C$2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. 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. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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 presently has a consensus price target of C$74.17, indicating a potential upside of 14.49%. Pembina Pipeline has a consensus price target of C$59.08, indicating a potential upside of 17.15%. Given Pembina Pipeline's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pembina Pipeline is more favorable than TC Energy.
In the previous week, TC Energy and TC Energy both had 7 articles in the media. TC Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Pembina Pipeline's score of -0.29 indicating that TC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Summary
TC Energy beats Pembina Pipeline on 12 of the 18 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 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
