ALA vs. PPL, KEY, GEI, TPZ, KML, TWM, ENB, TRP, CCO, and TOU
Should you be buying AltaGas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AltaGas include Pembina Pipeline (PPL), Keyera (KEY), Gibson Energy (GEI), Topaz Energy (TPZ), Kinder Morgan Canada Limited (KML.TO) (KML), Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure (TWM), Enbridge (ENB), TC Energy (TRP), Cameco (CCO), and Tourmaline Oil (TOU).
AltaGas (TSE:ALA) and Pembina Pipeline (TSE:PPL) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, AltaGas had 8 more articles in the media than Pembina Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for AltaGas and 5 mentions for Pembina Pipeline. Pembina Pipeline's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat AltaGas' score of 0.61 indicating that Pembina Pipeline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pembina Pipeline received 107 more outperform votes than AltaGas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.05% of users gave AltaGas an outperform vote while only 62.09% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote.
Pembina Pipeline has a net margin of 20.39% compared to AltaGas' net margin of 5.03%. Pembina Pipeline's return on equity of 11.65% beat AltaGas' return on equity.
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.
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$2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. AltaGas pays out 57.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pembina Pipeline pays out 88.7% 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 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 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AltaGas currently has a consensus price target of C$35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.82%. Pembina Pipeline has a consensus price target of C$54.25, suggesting a potential upside of 7.15%. Given AltaGas' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AltaGas is more favorable than Pembina Pipeline.
34.1% of AltaGas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of AltaGas 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Pembina Pipeline beats AltaGas on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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