MPLX vs. PAA, DINO, ENB, KMI, OKE, CVE, GEV, TRP, WMB, and FANG
Should you be buying Mplx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mplx include Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), HF Sinclair (DINO), Enbridge (ENB), Kinder Morgan (KMI), ONEOK (OKE), Cenovus Energy (CVE), GE Vernova (GEV), TC Energy (TRP), Williams Companies (WMB), and Diamondback Energy (FANG). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA) and Mplx (NYSE:MPLX) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and community ranking.
Plains All American Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Mplx pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Plains All American Pipeline pays out 109.5% 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. Plains All American Pipeline has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Mplx has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Mplx is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
41.8% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of Mplx shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Plains All American Pipeline currently has a consensus price target of $19.15, suggesting a potential upside of 8.58%. Mplx has a consensus price target of $45.11, suggesting a potential upside of 8.68%. Given Plains All American Pipeline's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mplx is more favorable than Plains All American Pipeline.
In the previous week, Plains All American Pipeline had 3 more articles in the media than Mplx. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Plains All American Pipeline and 9 mentions for Mplx. Plains All American Pipeline's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Mplx's score of 0.42 indicating that Mplx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mplx has a net margin of 34.96% compared to Mplx's net margin of 2.08%. Plains All American Pipeline's return on equity of 31.70% beat Mplx's return on equity.
Mplx has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Plains All American Pipeline. Mplx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plains All American Pipeline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Plains All American Pipeline received 103 more outperform votes than Mplx when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.22% of users gave Mplx an outperform vote while only 65.87% of users gave Plains All American Pipeline an outperform vote.
Plains All American Pipeline has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mplx has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Mplx beats Plains All American Pipeline on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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