KEY vs. ALA, GEI, TPZ, PPL, MEG, PKI, CPG, SCR, PSK, and WCP
Should you be buying Keyera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Keyera include AltaGas (ALA), Gibson Energy (GEI), Topaz Energy (TPZ), Pembina Pipeline (PPL), MEG Energy (MEG), Parkland (PKI), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Strathcona Resources (SCR), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), and Whitecap Resources (WCP). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
AltaGas (TSE:ALA) and Keyera (TSE:KEY) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
AltaGas has higher revenue and earnings than Keyera. AltaGas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Keyera, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AltaGas has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keyera has a beta of 2.12, meaning that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
34.6% of AltaGas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.4% of Keyera shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of AltaGas shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Keyera shares are held 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.
Keyera has a net margin of 6.01% compared to Keyera's net margin of 5.18%. AltaGas' return on equity of 15.15% beat Keyera's return on equity.
AltaGas pays an annual dividend of C$1.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Keyera pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. AltaGas pays out 52.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Keyera pays out 108.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
AltaGas presently has a consensus price target of C$33.75, indicating a potential upside of 12.13%. Keyera has a consensus price target of C$36.67, indicating a potential upside of 5.73%. Given Keyera's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe AltaGas is more favorable than Keyera.
In the previous week, AltaGas had 2 more articles in the media than Keyera. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for AltaGas and 17 mentions for Keyera. AltaGas' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Keyera's score of 0.56 indicating that Keyera is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AltaGas received 27 more outperform votes than Keyera when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.87% of users gave AltaGas an outperform vote while only 55.97% of users gave Keyera an outperform vote.
Summary
AltaGas beats Keyera on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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