WGP vs. AM, ENLC, DTM, KNTK, ETRN, AROC, USAC, TGS, KGS, and WES
Should you be buying Western Gas Equity Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Gas Equity Partners include Antero Midstream (AM), 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), and Western Midstream Partners (WES). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Antero Midstream (NYSE:AM) and Western Gas Equity Partners (NYSE:WGP) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Antero Midstream has a beta of 2.26, suggesting that its stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Gas Equity Partners has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Antero Midstream has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Western Gas Equity Partners. Western Gas Equity Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Antero Midstream, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Antero Midstream received 113 more outperform votes than Western Gas Equity Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.15% of users gave Antero Midstream an outperform vote while only 63.19% of users gave Western Gas Equity Partners an outperform vote.
54.0% of Antero Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of Western Gas Equity Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Antero Midstream shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Antero Midstream currently has a consensus price target of $12.70, suggesting a potential downside of 10.25%. Given Western Gas Equity Partners' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Antero Midstream is more favorable than Western Gas Equity Partners.
Antero Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Western Gas Equity Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. 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. Western Gas Equity Partners pays out 103.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Western Gas Equity Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Antero Midstream has a net margin of 36.67% compared to Antero Midstream's net margin of 19.06%. Western Gas Equity Partners' return on equity of 20.82% beat Antero Midstream's return on equity.
In the previous week, Antero Midstream had 16 more articles in the media than Western Gas Equity Partners. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Antero Midstream and 0 mentions for Western Gas Equity Partners. Antero Midstream's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Western Gas Equity Partners' score of -0.10 indicating that Western Gas Equity Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Antero Midstream beats Western Gas Equity Partners on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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