TRP vs. ENB, PPL, ALA, KEY, GEI, TPZ, KML, TWM, SU, and IMO
Should you be buying TC Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TC Energy include Enbridge (ENB), Pembina Pipeline (PPL), AltaGas (ALA), Keyera (KEY), Gibson Energy (GEI), Topaz Energy (TPZ), Kinder Morgan Canada Limited (KML.TO) (KML), Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure (TWM), Suncor Energy (SU), and Imperial Oil (IMO).
TC Energy (TSE:TRP) and Enbridge (TSE:ENB) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.
TC Energy has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enbridge has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TC Energy has a net margin of 17.31% compared to Enbridge's net margin of 13.81%. Enbridge's return on equity of 8.70% beat TC Energy's return on equity.
Enbridge received 153 more outperform votes than TC Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.73% of users gave Enbridge an outperform vote while only 61.78% of users gave TC Energy an outperform vote.
Enbridge has higher revenue and earnings than TC Energy. Enbridge is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TC Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, TC Energy had 11 more articles in the media than Enbridge. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for TC Energy and 12 mentions for Enbridge. TC Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Enbridge's score of -0.08 indicating that TC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TC Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$55.87, suggesting a potential downside of 3.74%. Enbridge has a consensus target price of C$53.63, suggesting a potential upside of 5.73%. Given Enbridge's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Enbridge is more favorable than TC Energy.
TC Energy pays an annual dividend of C$3.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Enbridge pays an annual dividend of C$3.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. TC Energy pays out 147.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Enbridge pays out 138.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Enbridge is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
83.1% of TC Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.4% of Enbridge shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of TC Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Enbridge shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Enbridge beats TC Energy on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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