MPLX vs. ENB, PAA, DINO, PAGP, NS, DKL, GEL, COP, BP, and EQNR
Should you be buying Mplx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mplx include Enbridge (ENB), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), HF Sinclair (DINO), Plains GP (PAGP), NuStar Energy (NS), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), Genesis Energy (GEL), ConocoPhillips (COP), BP (BP), and Equinor ASA (EQNR). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Enbridge (NYSE:ENB) and Mplx (NYSE:MPLX) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
Enbridge pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Mplx pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Enbridge pays out 136.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mplx pays out 87.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Enbridge has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Mplx has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Mplx is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Mplx has a net margin of 34.96% compared to Mplx's net margin of 13.59%. Enbridge's return on equity of 31.70% beat Mplx's return on equity.
Enbridge received 193 more outperform votes than Mplx when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.25% of users gave Mplx an outperform vote while only 68.13% of users gave Enbridge an outperform vote.
54.6% of Enbridge shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of Mplx shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Enbridge shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Enbridge has higher revenue and earnings than Mplx. Mplx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enbridge, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Enbridge had 4 more articles in the media than Mplx. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Enbridge and 19 mentions for Mplx. Enbridge's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Mplx's score of 0.33 indicating that Mplx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Enbridge currently has a consensus price target of $55.20, indicating a potential upside of 54.54%. Mplx has a consensus price target of $45.11, indicating a potential upside of 12.11%. Given Mplx's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Enbridge is more favorable than Mplx.
Enbridge has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mplx has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Mplx beats Enbridge on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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