TRP vs. PPL, ENB, CVE, IMO, SU, CCO, TOU, OVV, ARX, and CNQ
Should you be buying TC Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TC Energy include Pembina Pipeline (PPL), Enbridge (ENB), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Imperial Oil (IMO), Suncor Energy (SU), Cameco (CCO), Tourmaline Oil (TOU), Ovintiv (OVV), ARC Resources (ARX), and Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
TC Energy (TSE:TRP) and Pembina Pipeline (TSE:PPL) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.
83.1% of TC Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.5% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of TC Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Pembina Pipeline had 20 more articles in the media than TC Energy. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Pembina Pipeline and 5 mentions for TC Energy. Pembina Pipeline's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat TC Energy's score of 0.47 indicating that Pembina Pipeline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TC Energy has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
TC Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$54.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.93%. Pembina Pipeline has a consensus target price of C$54.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.36%. Given Pembina Pipeline's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pembina Pipeline is more favorable than TC Energy.
Pembina Pipeline received 68 more outperform votes than TC Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.15% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote while only 61.93% of users gave TC Energy an outperform vote.
Pembina Pipeline has a net margin of 19.46% compared to TC Energy's net margin of 17.31%. Pembina Pipeline's return on equity of 11.24% beat TC Energy's return on equity.
TC Energy pays an annual dividend of C$3.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of C$2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. TC Energy pays out 146.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.
TC Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Pembina Pipeline. Pembina Pipeline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TC Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Pembina Pipeline beats TC Energy on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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