EPD vs. BEP, BEPC, ENB, ET, KMI, MO, MPLX, MUSA, OXY, and SUN
Should you be buying Enterprise Products Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enterprise Products Partners include Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Enbridge (ENB), Energy Transfer (ET), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Altria Group (MO), Mplx (MPLX), Murphy USA (MUSA), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), and Sunoco (SUN).
Enterprise Products Partners vs. Its Competitors
Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE:BEP) and Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and earnings.
Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Products Partners has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Enterprise Products Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays out -147.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enterprise Products Partners pays out 80.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brookfield Renewable Partners has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Enterprise Products Partners has increased its dividend for 28 consecutive years. Enterprise Products Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Enterprise Products Partners has a net margin of 10.26% compared to Brookfield Renewable Partners' net margin of -0.79%. Enterprise Products Partners' return on equity of 19.90% beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' return on equity.
Enterprise Products Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Renewable Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enterprise Products Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
63.2% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.1% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 32.6% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Brookfield Renewable Partners presently has a consensus target price of $29.13, indicating a potential upside of 9.51%. Enterprise Products Partners has a consensus target price of $36.56, indicating a potential upside of 16.10%. Given Enterprise Products Partners' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Enterprise Products Partners is more favorable than Brookfield Renewable Partners.
In the previous week, Enterprise Products Partners had 17 more articles in the media than Brookfield Renewable Partners. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Enterprise Products Partners and 5 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners. Enterprise Products Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Brookfield Renewable Partners' score of 0.82 indicating that Enterprise Products Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Enterprise Products Partners beats Brookfield Renewable Partners on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:EPD) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
