NS vs. PAGP, DKL, GEL, DINO, ARCH, RUN, TGS, BTU, KOS, and ARLP
Should you be buying NuStar Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NuStar Energy include Plains GP (PAGP), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), Genesis Energy (GEL), HF Sinclair (DINO), Arch Resources (ARCH), Sunrun (RUN), Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), Peabody Energy (BTU), Kosmos Energy (KOS), and Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
NuStar Energy (NYSE:NS) and Plains GP (NYSE:PAGP) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
NuStar Energy currently has a consensus price target of $19.80, indicating a potential downside of 9.84%. Plains GP has a consensus price target of $19.64, indicating a potential upside of 6.72%. Given Plains GP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Plains GP is more favorable than NuStar Energy.
NuStar Energy has a net margin of 12.90% compared to Plains GP's net margin of 0.35%. NuStar Energy's return on equity of 88.49% beat Plains GP's return on equity.
Plains GP received 39 more outperform votes than NuStar Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.49% of users gave Plains GP an outperform vote while only 56.75% of users gave NuStar Energy an outperform vote.
NuStar Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Plains GP pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. NuStar Energy pays out 225.4% 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.
NuStar Energy has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its stock price is 69% 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.
63.1% of NuStar Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of Plains GP shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of NuStar Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Plains GP shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NuStar Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Plains GP. Plains GP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NuStar Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Plains GP had 1 more articles in the media than NuStar Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Plains GP and 1 mentions for NuStar Energy. Plains GP's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat NuStar Energy's score of 0.63 indicating that Plains GP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Plains GP beats NuStar Energy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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