SMLP vs. NGL, EPD, ET, WMB, NGG, KMI, TRP, TRGP, WES, and AM
Should you be buying Summit Midstream Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Summit Midstream Partners include NGL Energy Partners (NGL), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), Williams Companies (WMB), National Grid (NGG), Kinder Morgan (KMI), TC Energy (TRP), Targa Resources (TRGP), Western Midstream Partners (WES), and Antero Midstream (AM). These companies are all part of the "natural gas transmission" industry.
NGL Energy Partners (NYSE:NGL) and Summit Midstream Partners (NYSE:SMLP) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
NGL Energy Partners has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Summit Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.32, suggesting that its stock price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, NGL Energy Partners and NGL Energy Partners both had 1 articles in the media. Summit Midstream Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat NGL Energy Partners' score of 0.09 indicating that NGL Energy Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NGL Energy Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Summit Midstream Partners. NGL Energy Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Summit Midstream Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summit Midstream Partners received 80 more outperform votes than NGL Energy Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.95% of users gave Summit Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 63.71% of users gave NGL Energy Partners an outperform vote.
Summit Midstream Partners has a net margin of 23.24% compared to Summit Midstream Partners' net margin of 0.34%. NGL Energy Partners' return on equity of 25.67% beat Summit Midstream Partners' return on equity.
40.6% of NGL Energy Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of Summit Midstream Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Summit Midstream Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Summit Midstream Partners beats NGL Energy Partners on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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