NGL Energy Partners (NGL) Competitors

NGL Energy Partners (NYSE:NGL) and Central Puerto (NYSE:CEPU) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.

Which has more risk & volatility, NGL or CEPU?

NGL Energy Partners has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Puerto has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, NGL or CEPU?

Central Puerto has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NGL Energy Partners. NGL Energy Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Central Puerto, 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
NGL Energy Partners	$6.96B	0.09	-$143.76M	-$2.32	-1.94
Central Puerto	$1.20B	1.73	$562.57M	$2.55	5.37

Does the media prefer NGL or CEPU?

In the previous week, NGL Energy Partners had 4 more articles in the media than Central Puerto. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for NGL Energy Partners and 1 mentions for Central Puerto. Central Puerto's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat NGL Energy Partners' score of 0.06 indicating that Central Puerto is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NGL Energy Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Central Puerto	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NGL or CEPU?

NGL Energy Partners received 340 more outperform votes than Central Puerto when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.62% of users gave NGL Energy Partners an outperform vote while only 56.34% of users gave Central Puerto an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NGL Energy Partners	Outperform Votes 460 63.62%	Underperform Votes 263 36.38%
Central Puerto	Outperform Votes 120 56.34%	Underperform Votes 93 43.66%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NGL or CEPU?

40.6% of NGL Energy Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of Central Puerto shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Central Puerto shares are held by company 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.

Is NGL or CEPU more profitable?

Central Puerto has a net margin of 56.44% compared to NGL Energy Partners' net margin of -2.87%. NGL Energy Partners' return on equity of 77.15% beat Central Puerto's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NGL Energy Partners	-2.87%	77.15%	1.21%
Central Puerto	56.44%	22.76%	14.97%

Do analysts rate NGL or CEPU?

Central Puerto has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential downside of 12.38%. Given Central Puerto's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Central Puerto is more favorable than NGL Energy Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NGL Energy Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Central Puerto	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Central Puerto beats NGL Energy Partners on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.