EPD vs. CEG, ET, VST, NGG, AEP, TRP, EXC, XEL, CQP, and FTS
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), Vistra (VST), National Grid (NGG), American Electric Power (AEP), TC Energy (TRP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), and Fortis (FTS). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Enterprise Products Partners vs.
Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) and Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.1% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.6% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Constellation Energy currently has a consensus price target of $289.86, suggesting a potential downside of 8.38%. Enterprise Products Partners has a consensus price target of $34.60, suggesting a potential upside of 2.99%. Given Enterprise Products Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Enterprise Products Partners is more favorable than Constellation Energy.
In the previous week, Enterprise Products Partners had 11 more articles in the media than Constellation Energy. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Enterprise Products Partners and 13 mentions for Constellation Energy. Enterprise Products Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Constellation Energy's score of 0.53 indicating that Enterprise Products Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Constellation Energy has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Products Partners has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Enterprise Products Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Constellation Energy pays out 15.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enterprise Products Partners pays out 78.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.
Constellation Energy has a net margin of 11.93% compared to Enterprise Products Partners' net margin of 10.32%. Enterprise Products Partners' return on equity of 20.31% beat Constellation Energy's return on equity.
Enterprise Products Partners received 794 more outperform votes than Constellation Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.35% of users gave Enterprise Products Partners an outperform vote while only 63.50% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Enterprise Products Partners beats Constellation Energy on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EPD) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
