Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP) Competitors

Enbridge (NYSE:ENB) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.

Is ENB or CP more profitable?

Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a net margin of 25.51% compared to Enbridge's net margin of 10.04%. Enbridge's return on equity of 10.16% beat Canadian Pacific Kansas City's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enbridge	10.04%	10.16%	3.08%
Canadian Pacific Kansas City	25.51%	8.86%	4.80%

Is ENB or CP a better dividend stock?

Enbridge pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Enbridge pays out 155.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ENB or CP?

54.6% of Enbridge shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Enbridge shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are owned by 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, ENB or CP?

Enbridge has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ENB or CP?

Enbridge has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Canadian Pacific Kansas City is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enbridge, 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
Enbridge	$53.47B	1.81	$3.61B	$1.72	25.79
Canadian Pacific Kansas City	$14.55B	4.64	$2.71B	$2.90	24.94

Do analysts prefer ENB or CP?

Enbridge presently has a consensus price target of $67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 51.05%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a consensus price target of $95.45, suggesting a potential upside of 31.96%. Given Enbridge's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Enbridge is more favorable than Canadian Pacific Kansas City.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enbridge	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Canadian Pacific Kansas City	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ENB or CP?

Canadian Pacific Kansas City received 214 more outperform votes than Enbridge when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.98% of users gave Canadian Pacific Kansas City an outperform vote while only 68.06% of users gave Enbridge an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Enbridge	Outperform Votes 782 68.06%	Underperform Votes 367 31.94%
Canadian Pacific Kansas City	Outperform Votes 996 68.98%	Underperform Votes 448 31.02%

Does the media favor ENB or CP?

In the previous week, Enbridge had 11 more articles in the media than Canadian Pacific Kansas City. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Enbridge and 16 mentions for Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Enbridge's score of 0.92 indicating that Canadian Pacific Kansas City is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Enbridge	18 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Canadian Pacific Kansas City	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Canadian Pacific Kansas City beats Enbridge on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.