PAGP vs. BIP, PAA, AAL, TFII, NCLH, MMYT, ZTO, PAC, ASR, and DINO
Should you be buying Plains GP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plains GP include Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), American Airlines Group (AAL), TFI International (TFII), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), MakeMyTrip (MMYT), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (PAC), Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S. A. B. de C. V. (ASR), and HF Sinclair (DINO). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Plains GP vs.
Plains GP (NYSE:PAGP) and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE:BIP) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Plains GP has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Plains GP. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plains GP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Plains GP had 3 more articles in the media than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Plains GP and 10 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Plains GP's score of 0.69 indicating that Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Plains GP pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Plains GP pays out 149.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays out -426.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years.
88.3% of Plains GP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.9% of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of Plains GP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners received 135 more outperform votes than Plains GP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.41% of users gave Brookfield Infrastructure Partners an outperform vote while only 57.39% of users gave Plains GP an outperform vote.
Plains GP has a net margin of 0.33% compared to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' net margin of 0.03%. Plains GP's return on equity of 1.12% beat Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' return on equity.
Plains GP currently has a consensus target price of $20.22, suggesting a potential downside of 7.93%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a consensus target price of $40.20, suggesting a potential upside of 22.95%. Given Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is more favorable than Plains GP.
Summary
Plains GP beats Brookfield Infrastructure Partners on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PAGP) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
