ENB vs. MPLX, CNQ, EOG, SLB, CEG, EQNR, PXD, EPD, MPC, and PSX
Should you be buying Enbridge stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enbridge include Mplx (MPLX), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), EOG Resources (EOG), Schlumberger (SLB), Constellation Energy (CEG), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), and Phillips 66 (PSX). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Enbridge (NYSE:ENB) and Mplx (NYSE:MPLX) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.
Enbridge pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Mplx pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Enbridge pays out 135.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mplx pays out 87.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mplx is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
54.6% of Enbridge shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of Mplx shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Enbridge 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.
Enbridge received 194 more outperform votes than Mplx when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.22% of users gave Mplx an outperform vote while only 68.13% of users gave Enbridge an outperform vote.
Mplx has a net margin of 34.96% compared to Enbridge's net margin of 13.59%. Mplx's return on equity of 31.70% beat Enbridge's return on equity.
Enbridge has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mplx has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Enbridge had 25 more articles in the media than Mplx. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Enbridge and 7 mentions for Mplx. Mplx's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Enbridge's score of 0.39 indicating that Mplx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Enbridge currently has a consensus price target of $55.20, suggesting a potential upside of 50.08%. Mplx has a consensus price target of $45.11, suggesting a potential upside of 10.38%. Given Enbridge's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Enbridge is more favorable than Mplx.
Enbridge has higher revenue and earnings than Mplx. Mplx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enbridge, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Mplx beats Enbridge on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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