Energy Transfer (ET) Competitors

Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) and Archrock (NYSE:AROC) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ET or AROC?

38.2% of Energy Transfer shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Archrock shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Energy Transfer shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Archrock shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend ET or AROC?

Energy Transfer presently has a consensus target price of $22.64, suggesting a potential upside of 26.18%. Archrock has a consensus target price of $26.67, suggesting a potential upside of 8.45%. Given Energy Transfer's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Energy Transfer is more favorable than Archrock.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Energy Transfer	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91
Archrock	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has more volatility & risk, ET or AROC?

Energy Transfer has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Archrock has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ET or AROC a better dividend stock?

Energy Transfer pays an annual dividend of $1.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Archrock pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Energy Transfer pays out 99.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Archrock pays out 64.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Energy Transfer has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Archrock has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Energy Transfer is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ET or AROC?

Energy Transfer has higher revenue and earnings than Archrock. Energy Transfer is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Archrock, 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
Energy Transfer	$82.67B	0.74	$4.45B	$1.32	13.59
Archrock	$1.16B	3.76	$172.23M	$1.18	20.84

Does the media favor ET or AROC?

In the previous week, Energy Transfer had 10 more articles in the media than Archrock. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Energy Transfer and 12 mentions for Archrock. Energy Transfer's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Archrock's score of 1.12 indicating that Energy Transfer is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Energy Transfer	17 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Archrock	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ET or AROC more profitable?

Archrock has a net margin of 16.38% compared to Energy Transfer's net margin of 5.88%. Archrock's return on equity of 18.31% beat Energy Transfer's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Energy Transfer	5.88%	11.47%	3.88%
Archrock	16.38%	18.31%	6.21%

Summary

Energy Transfer beats Archrock on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.