Plains All American Pipeline (PAA) Competitors

Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA) and Mplx (NYSE:MPLX) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

Do analysts recommend PAA or MPLX?

Plains All American Pipeline presently has a consensus price target of $19.82, suggesting a potential upside of 16.99%. Mplx has a consensus price target of $49.56, suggesting a potential upside of 4.81%. Given Plains All American Pipeline's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Plains All American Pipeline is more favorable than Mplx.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Plains All American Pipeline	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27
Mplx	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Is PAA or MPLX a better dividend stock?

Plains All American Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Mplx pays an annual dividend of $3.83 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Plains All American Pipeline pays out 113.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mplx pays out 90.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mplx has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Mplx is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PAA or MPLX?

41.8% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of Mplx shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to PAA or MPLX?

In the previous week, Mplx had 2 more articles in the media than Plains All American Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Mplx and 9 mentions for Plains All American Pipeline. Mplx's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Plains All American Pipeline's score of 0.58 indicating that Mplx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Plains All American Pipeline	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Mplx	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PAA or MPLX?

Plains All American Pipeline received 81 more outperform votes than Mplx when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.95% of users gave Mplx an outperform vote while only 65.49% of users gave Plains All American Pipeline an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Plains All American Pipeline	Outperform Votes 689 65.49%	Underperform Votes 363 34.51%
Mplx	Outperform Votes 608 71.95%	Underperform Votes 237 28.05%

Which has more risk and volatility, PAA or MPLX?

Plains All American Pipeline has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mplx has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PAA or MPLX?

Mplx has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Plains All American Pipeline. Mplx 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
Plains All American Pipeline	$50.37B	0.24	$1.23B	$1.12	15.13
Mplx	$11.28B	4.27	$3.93B	$4.24	11.15

Is PAA or MPLX more profitable?

Mplx has a net margin of 36.77% compared to Plains All American Pipeline's net margin of 2.08%. Mplx's return on equity of 32.70% beat Plains All American Pipeline's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Plains All American Pipeline	2.08%	11.63%	4.82%
Mplx	36.77%	32.70%	11.61%

Summary

Mplx beats Plains All American Pipeline on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.