EPD vs. CEG, ET, NGG, AEP, TRP, VST, EXC, XEL, CQP, and VG
Should you be buying Enterprise Products Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enterprise Products Partners include Constellation Energy (CEG), Energy Transfer (ET), National Grid (NGG), American Electric Power (AEP), TC Energy (TRP), Vistra (VST), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), and Venture Global (VG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Enterprise Products Partners vs.
Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD) and Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
Enterprise Products Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Constellation Energy. Enterprise Products Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellation Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enterprise Products Partners currently has a consensus target price of $35.90, suggesting a potential upside of 7.13%. Constellation Energy has a consensus target price of $293.43, suggesting a potential upside of 29.34%. Given Constellation Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Constellation Energy is more favorable than Enterprise Products Partners.
Enterprise Products Partners received 797 more outperform votes than Constellation Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.27% of users gave Enterprise Products Partners an outperform vote while only 63.02% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote.
Enterprise Products Partners has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Constellation Energy has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Enterprise Products Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Enterprise Products Partners pays out 79.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Constellation Energy pays out 13.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enterprise Products Partners has increased its dividend for 27 consecutive years. Enterprise Products Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Enterprise Products Partners had 29 more articles in the media than Constellation Energy. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Enterprise Products Partners and 4 mentions for Constellation Energy. Enterprise Products Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Constellation Energy's score of 0.80 indicating that Enterprise Products Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Constellation Energy has a net margin of 15.91% compared to Enterprise Products Partners' net margin of 10.49%. Constellation Energy's return on equity of 21.96% beat Enterprise Products Partners' return on equity.
26.1% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.6% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Enterprise Products Partners beats Constellation Energy on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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