KEY vs. ALA, GEI, TPZ, PPL, MEG, CPG, PKI, SCR, PSK, and WCP
Should you be buying Keyera stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Keyera include AltaGas (ALA), Gibson Energy (GEI), Topaz Energy (TPZ), Pembina Pipeline (PPL), MEG Energy (MEG), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Parkland (PKI), Strathcona Resources (SCR), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), and Whitecap Resources (WCP). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
AltaGas (TSE:ALA) and Keyera (TSE:KEY) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
Keyera has a net margin of 6.01% compared to Keyera's net margin of 5.03%. AltaGas' return on equity of 15.15% beat Keyera's return on equity.
In the previous week, Keyera had 42 more articles in the media than AltaGas. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Keyera and 3 mentions for AltaGas. Keyera's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat AltaGas' score of 0.32 indicating that AltaGas is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AltaGas has higher revenue and earnings than Keyera. AltaGas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Keyera, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
34.1% of AltaGas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.4% of Keyera shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of AltaGas shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Keyera shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
AltaGas currently has a consensus target price of C$34.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.44%. Keyera has a consensus target price of C$38.17, indicating a potential upside of 3.88%. Given Keyera's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AltaGas is more favorable than Keyera.
AltaGas has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keyera has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AltaGas pays an annual dividend of C$1.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Keyera pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. AltaGas pays out 57.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Keyera pays out 108.1% 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 received 21 more outperform votes than Keyera when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.95% of users gave AltaGas an outperform vote while only 56.16% of users gave Keyera an outperform vote.
Summary
AltaGas and Keyera tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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