Plains GP (PAGP) Competitors

Plains GP (NYSE:PAGP) and Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PAGP or PAA?

Plains All American Pipeline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plains GP, 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 GP	$50.37B	0.07	$198M	$0.85	21.41
Plains All American Pipeline	$50.37B	0.24	$1.23B	$1.12	15.13

Is PAGP or PAA more profitable?

Plains All American Pipeline has a net margin of 2.08% compared to Plains GP's net margin of 0.33%. Plains All American Pipeline's return on equity of 11.63% beat Plains GP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Plains GP	0.33%	1.12%	0.58%
Plains All American Pipeline	2.08%	11.63%	4.82%

Is PAGP or PAA a better dividend stock?

Plains GP pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Plains All American Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. 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. 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. Plains All American Pipeline is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PAGP or PAA?

Plains All American Pipeline received 255 more outperform votes than Plains GP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.49% of users gave Plains All American Pipeline an outperform vote while only 57.41% of users gave Plains GP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Plains GP	Outperform Votes 434 57.41%	Underperform Votes 322 42.59%
Plains All American Pipeline	Outperform Votes 689 65.49%	Underperform Votes 363 34.51%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PAGP or PAA?

88.3% of Plains GP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of Plains GP shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor PAGP or PAA?

In the previous week, Plains All American Pipeline had 5 more articles in the media than Plains GP. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Plains All American Pipeline and 4 mentions for Plains GP. Plains All American Pipeline's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Plains GP's score of 0.13 indicating that Plains All American Pipeline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Plains GP	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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

Do analysts recommend PAGP or PAA?

Plains GP presently has a consensus target price of $19.88, indicating a potential upside of 9.20%. Plains All American Pipeline has a consensus target price of $19.82, indicating a potential upside of 16.99%. Given Plains All American Pipeline's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Plains All American Pipeline is more favorable than Plains GP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Plains GP	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.11
Plains All American Pipeline	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27

Which has more volatility & risk, PAGP or PAA?

Plains GP has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plains All American Pipeline has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Plains All American Pipeline beats Plains GP on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.