Energy Transfer (ET) Competitors

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

Is ET or AROC a better dividend stock?

Energy Transfer pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Archrock pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Energy Transfer pays out 100.0% 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 increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Archrock has increased 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.

Do institutionals & insiders 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.

Which has preferable valuation and 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	$82.06B	0.74	$4.45B	$1.32	13.48
Archrock	$1.16B	3.43	$172.23M	$1.18	19.02

Does the media refer more to ET or AROC?

In the previous week, Energy Transfer had 37 more articles in the media than Archrock. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Energy Transfer and 8 mentions for Archrock. Archrock's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Energy Transfer's score of 1.06 indicating that Archrock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Energy Transfer	30 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Archrock	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, ET or AROC?

Energy Transfer has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Archrock has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ET or AROC?

Energy Transfer currently has a consensus target price of $22.58, indicating a potential upside of 26.87%. Archrock has a consensus target price of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.32%. Given Energy Transfer's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92
Archrock	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

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 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.