WES vs. AM, DTM, KNTK, ENLC, ETRN, TRGP, TRP, KMI, WMB, and ET
Should you be buying Western Midstream Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Midstream Partners include Antero Midstream (AM), DT Midstream (DTM), Kinetik (KNTK), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Equitrans Midstream (ETRN), Targa Resources (TRGP), TC Energy (TRP), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Williams Companies (WMB), and Energy Transfer (ET). These companies are all part of the "natural gas transmission" industry.
Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES) and Antero Midstream (NYSE:AM) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Western Midstream Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Antero Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Western Midstream Partners and 10 mentions for Antero Midstream. Antero Midstream's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Western Midstream Partners' score of -0.03 indicating that Antero Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Western Midstream Partners received 122 more outperform votes than Antero Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.05% of users gave Western Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 65.06% of users gave Antero Midstream an outperform vote.
Western Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Antero Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. 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. Antero Midstream pays out 112.5% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Western Midstream Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Antero Midstream. Western Midstream Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Antero Midstream, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Western Midstream Partners currently has a consensus target price of $31.09, suggesting a potential downside of 18.27%. Antero Midstream has a consensus target price of $12.70, suggesting a potential downside of 14.88%. Given Antero Midstream's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Antero Midstream is more favorable than Western Midstream Partners.
42.9% of Western Midstream Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.0% of Antero Midstream shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Western Midstream Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Antero Midstream shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Western Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.82, indicating that its share price is 182% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Midstream has a beta of 2.26, indicating that its share price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Western Midstream Partners has a net margin of 42.50% compared to Antero Midstream's net margin of 36.67%. Western Midstream Partners' return on equity of 44.76% beat Antero Midstream's return on equity.
Summary
Western Midstream Partners beats Antero Midstream on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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