Plains All American Pipeline (PAA) Competitors

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

Is PAA or RYAAY more profitable?

Ryanair has a net margin of 12.14% compared to Plains All American Pipeline's net margin of 1.54%. Ryanair's return on equity of 21.46% beat Plains All American Pipeline's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Plains All American Pipeline	1.54%	11.69%	4.83%
Ryanair	12.14%	21.46%	9.91%

Which has more risk & volatility, PAA or RYAAY?

Plains All American Pipeline has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryanair has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PAA or RYAAY?

In the previous week, Ryanair had 7 more articles in the media than Plains All American Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Ryanair and 8 mentions for Plains All American Pipeline. Ryanair's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Plains All American Pipeline's score of 1.52 indicating that Ryanair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Plains All American Pipeline	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Ryanair	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

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

41.8% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.7% of Ryanair shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PAA or RYAAY?

Plains All American Pipeline received 94 more outperform votes than Ryanair when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.57% of users gave Ryanair an outperform vote while only 65.44% of users gave Plains All American Pipeline an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Plains All American Pipeline	Outperform Votes 693 65.44%	Underperform Votes 366 34.56%
Ryanair	Outperform Votes 599 69.57%	Underperform Votes 262 30.43%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, PAA or RYAAY?

Ryanair has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Plains All American Pipeline. Ryanair 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	$50.07B	0.25	$772M	$0.73	24.20
Ryanair	$13.82B	1.79	$2.07B	$3.26	14.24

Do analysts recommend PAA or RYAAY?

Plains All American Pipeline presently has a consensus price target of $20.36, indicating a potential upside of 15.26%. Ryanair has a consensus price target of $147.00, indicating a potential upside of 216.74%. Given Ryanair's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ryanair is more favorable than Plains All American Pipeline.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Plains All American Pipeline	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36
Ryanair	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13

Is PAA or RYAAY a better dividend stock?

Plains All American Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Ryanair pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Plains All American Pipeline pays out 208.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ryanair pays out 30.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Ryanair beats Plains All American Pipeline on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.