PPL vs. ALA, KEY, TRP, ENB, CCO, TOU, OVV, ARX, MEG, and PKI
Should you be buying Pembina Pipeline stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pembina Pipeline include AltaGas (ALA), Keyera (KEY), TC Energy (TRP), Enbridge (ENB), Cameco (CCO), Tourmaline Oil (TOU), Ovintiv (OVV), ARC Resources (ARX), MEG Energy (MEG), and Parkland (PKI). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
AltaGas (TSE:ALA) and Pembina Pipeline (TSE:PPL) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.
34.6% of AltaGas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of AltaGas shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Pembina Pipeline has a net margin of 19.46% compared to Pembina Pipeline's net margin of 5.18%. AltaGas' return on equity of 11.24% beat Pembina Pipeline's return on equity.
Pembina Pipeline has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AltaGas. AltaGas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pembina Pipeline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pembina Pipeline received 110 more outperform votes than AltaGas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.87% of users gave AltaGas an outperform vote while only 62.16% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote.
AltaGas presently has a consensus target price of C$33.75, indicating a potential upside of 12.01%. Pembina Pipeline has a consensus target price of C$53.08, indicating a potential upside of 8.42%. Given Pembina Pipeline's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe AltaGas is more favorable than Pembina Pipeline.
AltaGas pays an annual dividend of C$1.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of C$2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. AltaGas pays out 52.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pembina Pipeline pays out 89.3% 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 has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AltaGas had 9 more articles in the media than Pembina Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for AltaGas and 9 mentions for Pembina Pipeline. AltaGas' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Pembina Pipeline's score of 0.49 indicating that Pembina Pipeline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Pembina Pipeline beats AltaGas on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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