ENLC vs. DTM, ETRN, KNTK, AM, AROC, USAC, KGS, WES, PBF, and NXT
Should you be buying EnLink Midstream stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EnLink Midstream include DT Midstream (DTM), Equitrans Midstream (ETRN), Kinetik (KNTK), Antero Midstream (AM), Archrock (AROC), USA Compression Partners (USAC), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), Western Midstream Partners (WES), PBF Energy (PBF), and Nextracker (NXT). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
EnLink Midstream (NYSE:ENLC) and DT Midstream (NYSE:DTM) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
45.9% of EnLink Midstream shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of DT Midstream shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of EnLink Midstream shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of DT Midstream shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
DT Midstream has lower revenue, but higher earnings than EnLink Midstream. DT 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.
EnLink Midstream presently has a consensus target price of $14.33, indicating a potential upside of 5.01%. DT Midstream has a consensus target price of $61.50, indicating a potential downside of 5.69%. Given EnLink Midstream's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe EnLink Midstream is more favorable than DT Midstream.
DT Midstream has a net margin of 42.46% compared to EnLink Midstream's net margin of 2.40%. DT Midstream's return on equity of 9.41% beat EnLink Midstream's return on equity.
EnLink Midstream has a beta of 2.39, suggesting that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DT Midstream has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
EnLink Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. DT Midstream pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. EnLink Midstream pays out 151.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DT Midstream pays out 71.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DT Midstream is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
EnLink Midstream received 304 more outperform votes than DT Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.08% of users gave EnLink Midstream an outperform vote while only 39.13% of users gave DT Midstream an outperform vote.
In the previous week, DT Midstream had 7 more articles in the media than EnLink Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for DT Midstream and 7 mentions for EnLink Midstream. DT Midstream's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat EnLink Midstream's score of 0.19 indicating that DT Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
DT Midstream beats EnLink Midstream on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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