PAGP vs. NS, DKL, GEL, DINO, PAA, CRC, CNX, LBRT, BSM, and FLNC
Should you be buying Plains GP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plains GP include NuStar Energy (NS), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), Genesis Energy (GEL), HF Sinclair (DINO), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), California Resources (CRC), CNX Resources (CNX), Liberty Energy (LBRT), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), and Fluence Energy (FLNC). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Plains GP (NYSE:PAGP) and NuStar Energy (NYSE:NS) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
Plains GP currently has a consensus price target of $19.64, indicating a potential upside of 6.72%. NuStar Energy has a consensus price target of $19.80, indicating a potential downside of 9.84%. Given Plains GP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Plains GP is more favorable than NuStar Energy.
NuStar Energy has a net margin of 12.90% compared to Plains GP's net margin of 0.35%. NuStar Energy's return on equity of 88.49% beat Plains GP's return on equity.
88.3% of Plains GP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of NuStar Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of Plains GP shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of NuStar Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
NuStar Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Plains GP. Plains GP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NuStar Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Plains GP had 1 more articles in the media than NuStar Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Plains GP and 1 mentions for NuStar Energy. Plains GP's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat NuStar Energy's score of 0.63 indicating that Plains GP is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Plains GP has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NuStar Energy has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Plains GP received 39 more outperform votes than NuStar Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.49% of users gave Plains GP an outperform vote while only 56.75% of users gave NuStar Energy an outperform vote.
Plains GP pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. NuStar Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Plains GP pays out 144.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NuStar Energy pays out 225.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Plains GP beats NuStar Energy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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