PAGP vs. NS, DKL, GEL, DINO, PAA, LBRT, ORA, HCC, CNX, and CVI
Should you be buying Plains GP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plains GP include NuStar Energy (NS), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), Genesis Energy (GEL), HF Sinclair (DINO), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), Liberty Energy (LBRT), Ormat Technologies (ORA), Warrior Met Coal (HCC), CNX Resources (CNX), and CVR Energy (CVI). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Plains GP (NYSE:PAGP) and NuStar Energy (NYSE:NS) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Plains GP has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NuStar Energy has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Plains GP had 1 more articles in the media than NuStar Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Plains GP and 3 mentions for NuStar Energy. NuStar Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Plains GP's score of 0.40 indicating that NuStar Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NuStar Energy has a net margin of 16.75% compared to Plains GP's net margin of 0.41%. NuStar Energy's return on equity of 107.61% beat Plains GP's return on equity.
Plains GP currently has a consensus target price of $19.55, suggesting a potential upside of 4.21%. NuStar Energy has a consensus target price of $19.33, suggesting a potential downside of 14.34%. Given Plains GP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Plains GP is more favorable than NuStar Energy.
88.3% of Plains GP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of NuStar Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of Plains GP shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of NuStar Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Plains GP received 41 more outperform votes than NuStar Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.58% of users gave Plains GP an outperform vote while only 56.56% of users gave NuStar Energy an outperform vote.
Plains GP pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. NuStar Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Plains GP pays out 124.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NuStar Energy pays out 225.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
NuStar Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Plains GP. Plains GP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NuStar Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Plains GP beats NuStar Energy on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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