AM vs. ENLC, DTM, KNTK, ETRN, AROC, USAC, TGS, KGS, WES, and TRGP
Should you be buying Antero Midstream stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Antero Midstream include EnLink Midstream (ENLC), DT Midstream (DTM), Kinetik (KNTK), Equitrans Midstream (ETRN), Archrock (AROC), USA Compression Partners (USAC), Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), Western Midstream Partners (WES), and Targa Resources (TRGP). These companies are all part of the "natural gas transmission" industry.
EnLink Midstream (NYSE:ENLC) and Antero Midstream (NYSE:AM) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
EnLink Midstream has a beta of 2.39, indicating that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Midstream has a beta of 2.25, indicating that its stock price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Antero Midstream received 127 more outperform votes than EnLink Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.15% of users gave Antero Midstream an outperform vote while only 50.15% of users gave EnLink Midstream an outperform vote.
EnLink Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Antero Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. EnLink Midstream pays out 120.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Antero Midstream pays out 112.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. EnLink Midstream has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Antero Midstream is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Antero Midstream has lower revenue, but higher earnings than EnLink Midstream. Antero Midstream is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EnLink Midstream, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
45.9% of EnLink Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.0% of Antero Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of EnLink Midstream shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Antero Midstream shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Antero Midstream has a net margin of 36.67% compared to Antero Midstream's net margin of 2.99%. EnLink Midstream's return on equity of 20.82% beat Antero Midstream's return on equity.
EnLink Midstream currently has a consensus price target of $14.29, indicating a potential upside of 2.85%. Antero Midstream has a consensus price target of $12.70, indicating a potential downside of 10.50%. Given Antero Midstream's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EnLink Midstream is more favorable than Antero Midstream.
In the previous week, Antero Midstream had 11 more articles in the media than EnLink Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Antero Midstream and 4 mentions for EnLink Midstream. EnLink Midstream's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Antero Midstream's score of 0.30 indicating that Antero Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Antero Midstream beats EnLink Midstream on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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