ETRN vs. ENLC, KNTK, DTM, AM, AROC, TGS, USAC, KGS, WES, and NFE
Should you be buying Equitrans Midstream stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equitrans Midstream include EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Kinetik (KNTK), DT Midstream (DTM), Antero Midstream (AM), Archrock (AROC), Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), USA Compression Partners (USAC), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), Western Midstream Partners (WES), and New Fortress Energy (NFE). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Equitrans Midstream (NYSE:ETRN) and EnLink Midstream (NYSE:ENLC) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Equitrans Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. EnLink Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Equitrans Midstream pays out 66.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EnLink Midstream pays out 151.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Equitrans Midstream is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Equitrans Midstream has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EnLink Midstream has a beta of 2.39, meaning that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EnLink Midstream received 310 more outperform votes than Equitrans Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.08% of users gave EnLink Midstream an outperform vote while only 28.77% of users gave Equitrans Midstream an outperform vote.
Equitrans Midstream has a net margin of 31.69% compared to EnLink Midstream's net margin of 2.40%. Equitrans Midstream's return on equity of 30.21% beat EnLink Midstream's return on equity.
In the previous week, Equitrans Midstream had 3 more articles in the media than EnLink Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Equitrans Midstream and 1 mentions for EnLink Midstream. Equitrans Midstream's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat EnLink Midstream's score of 0.78 indicating that Equitrans Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Equitrans Midstream currently has a consensus target price of $11.19, suggesting a potential downside of 19.46%. EnLink Midstream has a consensus target price of $14.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.85%. Given EnLink Midstream's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EnLink Midstream is more favorable than Equitrans Midstream.
87.4% of Equitrans Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.9% of EnLink Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Equitrans Midstream shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of EnLink Midstream shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Equitrans Midstream has higher earnings, but lower revenue than EnLink Midstream. Equitrans Midstream is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EnLink Midstream, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Equitrans Midstream beats EnLink Midstream on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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