WES vs. ET, WMB, KMI, NGG, TRP, TRGP, AM, DTM, KNTK, and ETRN
Should you be buying Western Midstream Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Midstream Partners include Energy Transfer (ET), Williams Companies (WMB), Kinder Morgan (KMI), National Grid (NGG), TC Energy (TRP), Targa Resources (TRGP), Antero Midstream (AM), DT Midstream (DTM), Kinetik (KNTK), and Equitrans Midstream (ETRN). These companies are all part of the "natural gas transmission" industry.
Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) and Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
Energy Transfer currently has a consensus price target of $18.86, indicating a potential upside of 20.11%. Western Midstream Partners has a consensus price target of $31.55, indicating a potential downside of 19.75%. Given Western Midstream Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Energy Transfer is more favorable than Western Midstream Partners.
Western Midstream Partners has a net margin of 42.50% compared to Western Midstream Partners' net margin of 4.85%. Energy Transfer's return on equity of 44.76% beat Western Midstream Partners' return on equity.
Western Midstream Partners received 188 more outperform votes than Energy Transfer when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.58% of users gave Energy Transfer an outperform vote while only 69.00% of users gave Western Midstream Partners an outperform vote.
Energy Transfer pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Western Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Energy Transfer pays out 116.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Western Midstream Partners pays out 98.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Energy Transfer has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Western Midstream Partners has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Western Midstream Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Energy Transfer has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.85, indicating that its share price is 185% more volatile than the S&P 500.
38.2% of Energy Transfer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.9% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Energy Transfer shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Energy Transfer has higher revenue and earnings than Western Midstream Partners. Western Midstream Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energy Transfer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Energy Transfer had 15 more articles in the media than Western Midstream Partners. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Energy Transfer and 6 mentions for Western Midstream Partners. Energy Transfer's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Western Midstream Partners' score of 0.86 indicating that Western Midstream Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Western Midstream Partners beats Energy Transfer on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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