GEL vs. PAGP, NS, DKL, ENB, MPLX, PAA, DINO, BEPC, SM, and ENLC
Should you be buying Genesis Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genesis Energy include Plains GP (PAGP), NuStar Energy (NS), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), Enbridge (ENB), Mplx (MPLX), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), HF Sinclair (DINO), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), SM Energy (SM), and EnLink Midstream (ENLC). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Genesis Energy (NYSE:GEL) and Plains GP (NYSE:PAGP) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
Genesis Energy currently has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.71%. Plains GP has a consensus price target of $19.64, suggesting a potential upside of 9.03%. Given Genesis Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Genesis Energy is more favorable than Plains GP.
Genesis Energy has a beta of 2.01, meaning that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plains GP has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
66.8% of Genesis Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of Plains GP shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Genesis Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Plains GP 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.
Genesis Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Plains GP pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Genesis Energy pays out 176.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Plains GP pays out 144.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Plains GP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Plains GP has higher revenue and earnings than Genesis Energy. Plains GP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genesis Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Genesis Energy received 42 more outperform votes than Plains GP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.46% of users gave Genesis Energy an outperform vote while only 57.49% of users gave Plains GP an outperform vote.
Genesis Energy has a net margin of 4.14% compared to Plains GP's net margin of 0.35%. Genesis Energy's return on equity of 14.70% beat Plains GP's return on equity.
In the previous week, Genesis Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Plains GP. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Genesis Energy and 1 mentions for Plains GP. Plains GP's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Genesis Energy's score of 1.04 indicating that Plains GP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Genesis Energy beats Plains GP on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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