WES vs. AM, DTM, KNTK, ENLC, ETRN, TRGP, TRP, KMI, WMB, and PR
Should you be buying Western Midstream Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Midstream Partners include Antero Midstream (AM), DT Midstream (DTM), Kinetik (KNTK), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Equitrans Midstream (ETRN), Targa Resources (TRGP), TC Energy (TRP), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Williams Companies (WMB), and Permian Resources (PR). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES) and Antero Midstream (NYSE:AM) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
Western Midstream Partners received 121 more outperform votes than Antero Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.01% of users gave Western Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 65.06% of users gave Antero Midstream an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Western Midstream Partners had 7 more articles in the media than Antero Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Western Midstream Partners and 6 mentions for Antero Midstream. Antero Midstream's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Western Midstream Partners' score of 0.20 indicating that Antero Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Western Midstream Partners currently has a consensus price target of $31.09, indicating a potential downside of 17.05%. Antero Midstream has a consensus price target of $12.70, indicating a potential downside of 13.87%. Given Antero Midstream's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Antero Midstream is more favorable than Western Midstream Partners.
42.9% of Western Midstream Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.0% of Antero Midstream shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Western Midstream Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Antero Midstream shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Western Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.82, meaning that its share price is 182% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Midstream has a beta of 2.26, meaning that its share price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Western Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Antero Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Western Midstream Partners pays out 98.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Antero Midstream pays out 112.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Western Midstream Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Western Midstream Partners has a net margin of 42.50% compared to Antero Midstream's net margin of 36.67%. Western Midstream Partners' return on equity of 44.76% beat Antero Midstream's return on equity.
Western Midstream Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Antero Midstream. Western Midstream Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Antero Midstream, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Western Midstream Partners beats Antero Midstream on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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