Global Business Travel Group (GBTG) Competitors

Global Business Travel Group (NYSE:GBTG) and Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Is GBTG or PAA more profitable?

Plains All American Pipeline has a net margin of 1.54% compared to Global Business Travel Group's net margin of -7.06%. Plains All American Pipeline's return on equity of 11.69% beat Global Business Travel Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Business Travel Group	-7.06%	-9.70%	-3.02%
Plains All American Pipeline	1.54%	11.69%	4.83%

Which has more volatility & risk, GBTG or PAA?

Global Business Travel Group has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plains All American Pipeline has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor GBTG or PAA?

In the previous week, Plains All American Pipeline had 13 more articles in the media than Global Business Travel Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Plains All American Pipeline and 2 mentions for Global Business Travel Group. Global Business Travel Group's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Plains All American Pipeline's score of 0.73 indicating that Global Business Travel Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Global Business Travel Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Plains All American Pipeline	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, GBTG or PAA?

Plains All American Pipeline has higher revenue and earnings than Global Business Travel Group. Global Business Travel Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plains All American Pipeline, 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
Global Business Travel Group	$2.42B	1.45	-$63M	-$0.30	-24.52
Plains All American Pipeline	$50.07B	0.28	$772M	$0.73	27.68

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GBTG or PAA?

Plains All American Pipeline received 681 more outperform votes than Global Business Travel Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.50% of users gave Plains All American Pipeline an outperform vote while only 63.16% of users gave Global Business Travel Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Global Business Travel Group	Outperform Votes 12 63.16%	Underperform Votes 7 36.84%
Plains All American Pipeline	Outperform Votes 693 65.50%	Underperform Votes 365 34.50%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GBTG or PAA?

82.5% of Global Business Travel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Global Business Travel Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are owned 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 prefer GBTG or PAA?

Global Business Travel Group presently has a consensus price target of $9.90, suggesting a potential upside of 34.60%. Plains All American Pipeline has a consensus price target of $20.23, suggesting a potential upside of 0.10%. Given Global Business Travel Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Global Business Travel Group is more favorable than Plains All American Pipeline.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Business Travel Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Plains All American Pipeline	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31

Summary

Plains All American Pipeline beats Global Business Travel Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.