Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMAB) Competitors

Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (NASDAQ:OMAB) and Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is OMAB or PAA a better dividend stock?

Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte pays an annual dividend of $5.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Plains All American Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte pays out 105.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Plains All American Pipeline pays out 208.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OMAB or PAA?

Plains All American Pipeline received 399 more outperform votes than Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.44% of users gave Plains All American Pipeline an outperform vote while only 58.10% of users gave Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte	Outperform Votes 294 58.10%	Underperform Votes 212 41.90%
Plains All American Pipeline	Outperform Votes 693 65.44%	Underperform Votes 366 34.56%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, OMAB or PAA?

Plains All American Pipeline has higher revenue and earnings than Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte. Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plains All American Pipeline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte	$15.07B	0.23	$296.23M	$5.32	15.08
Plains All American Pipeline	$50.07B	0.25	$772M	$0.73	23.92

Is OMAB or PAA more profitable?

Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte has a net margin of 35.31% compared to Plains All American Pipeline's net margin of 1.54%. Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte's return on equity of 51.74% beat Plains All American Pipeline's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte	35.31%	51.74%	18.80%
Plains All American Pipeline	1.54%	11.69%	4.83%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of OMAB or PAA?

9.5% of Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer OMAB or PAA?

In the previous week, Plains All American Pipeline had 11 more articles in the media than Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Plains All American Pipeline and 1 mentions for Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte. Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Plains All American Pipeline's score of 0.43 indicating that Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte	Positive
Plains All American Pipeline	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, OMAB or PAA?

Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plains All American Pipeline has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend OMAB or PAA?

Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte presently has a consensus price target of $82.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.80%. Plains All American Pipeline has a consensus price target of $20.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.41%. Given Plains All American Pipeline's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Plains All American Pipeline is more favorable than Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Plains All American Pipeline	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Summary

Plains All American Pipeline beats Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.