Energy Transfer (ET) Competitors

Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) and National Grid (NYSE:NGG) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ET or NGG?

38.2% of Energy Transfer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of National Grid shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Energy Transfer shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer ET or NGG?

Energy Transfer presently has a consensus target price of $22.09, indicating a potential upside of 31.42%. Given Energy Transfer's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Energy Transfer is more favorable than National Grid.

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
National Grid	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is ET or NGG a better dividend stock?

Energy Transfer pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. National Grid pays an annual dividend of $2.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Energy Transfer pays out 101.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. National Grid pays out 38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ET or NGG?

Energy Transfer has higher revenue and earnings than National Grid. Energy Transfer is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Grid, 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	0.70	$4.39B	$1.28	13.13
National Grid	$19.32B	3.51	$2.88B	$5.20	13.34

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ET or NGG?

National Grid received 106 more outperform votes than Energy Transfer when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.21% of users gave Energy Transfer an outperform vote while only 58.68% of users gave National Grid an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Energy Transfer	Outperform Votes 408 72.21%	Underperform Votes 157 27.79%
National Grid	Outperform Votes 514 58.68%	Underperform Votes 362 41.32%

Which has more volatility and risk, ET or NGG?

Energy Transfer has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Grid has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ET or NGG?

In the previous week, Energy Transfer had 28 more articles in the media than National Grid. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Energy Transfer and 9 mentions for National Grid. National Grid's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Energy Transfer's score of 1.00 indicating that National Grid is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Energy Transfer	18 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
National Grid	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ET or NGG more profitable?

Energy Transfer has a net margin of 5.74% compared to National Grid's net margin of 0.00%. Energy Transfer's return on equity of 11.56% beat National Grid's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Energy Transfer	5.74%	11.56%	3.90%
National Grid	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Energy Transfer beats National Grid on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.