PPL vs. ALA, KEY, TRP, ENB, CCO, TOU, OVV, ARX, MEG, and IMO
Should you be buying Pembina Pipeline stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pembina Pipeline include AltaGas (ALA), Keyera (KEY), TC Energy (TRP), Enbridge (ENB), Cameco (CCO), Tourmaline Oil (TOU), Ovintiv (OVV), ARC Resources (ARX), MEG Energy (MEG), and Imperial Oil (IMO). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
AltaGas (TSE:ALA) and Pembina Pipeline (TSE:PPL) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
AltaGas has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pembina Pipeline received 111 more outperform votes than AltaGas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.95% of users gave AltaGas an outperform vote while only 62.15% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote.
34.1% of AltaGas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.5% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of AltaGas shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Pembina Pipeline has a net margin of 19.46% compared to Pembina Pipeline's net margin of 5.03%. AltaGas' return on equity of 11.24% beat Pembina Pipeline's return on equity.
AltaGas pays an annual dividend of C$1.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of C$2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. AltaGas pays out 57.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pembina Pipeline pays out 89.3% 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 currently has a consensus target price of C$34.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.44%. Pembina Pipeline has a consensus target price of C$54.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.36%. Given Pembina Pipeline's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AltaGas is more favorable than Pembina Pipeline.
In the previous week, Pembina Pipeline had 22 more articles in the media than AltaGas. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Pembina Pipeline and 3 mentions for AltaGas. AltaGas' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Pembina Pipeline's score of 0.34 indicating that Pembina Pipeline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pembina Pipeline has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AltaGas. AltaGas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pembina Pipeline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Pembina Pipeline beats AltaGas on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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