ALTM vs. ENLC, TROX, AROC, MTX, RTLR, KRO, LXU, VHI, NL, and SMLP
Should you be buying Altus Midstream stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Altus Midstream include EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Tronox (TROX), Archrock (AROC), Minerals Technologies (MTX), Rattler Midstream (RTLR), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), LSB Industries (LXU), Valhi (VHI), NL Industries (NL), and Summit Midstream Partners (SMLP).
Altus Midstream (NASDAQ:ALTM) and EnLink Midstream (NYSE:ENLC) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
EnLink Midstream received 322 more outperform votes than Altus Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.08% of users gave EnLink Midstream an outperform vote while only 31.03% of users gave Altus Midstream an outperform vote.
27.0% of Altus Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.9% of EnLink Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Altus Midstream shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of EnLink Midstream shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Altus Midstream has a net margin of 25.94% compared to EnLink Midstream's net margin of 2.40%. Altus Midstream's return on equity of 10.85% beat EnLink Midstream's return on equity.
Altus Midstream has higher earnings, but lower revenue than EnLink Midstream. Altus Midstream is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EnLink Midstream, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Altus Midstream currently has a consensus price target of $6.83, indicating a potential upside of 54.18%. EnLink Midstream has a consensus price target of $14.33, indicating a potential upside of 12.95%. Given Altus Midstream's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Altus Midstream is more favorable than EnLink Midstream.
Altus Midstream has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EnLink Midstream has a beta of 2.39, suggesting that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Altus Midstream had 1 more articles in the media than EnLink Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Altus Midstream and 1 mentions for EnLink Midstream. EnLink Midstream's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Altus Midstream's score of 0.00 indicating that EnLink Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Altus Midstream beats EnLink Midstream on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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