PAGP vs. BIP, PAA, ZTO, NCLH, MMYT, TFII, AAL, 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), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), MakeMyTrip (MMYT), TFI International (TFII), American Airlines Group (AAL), 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners received 139 more outperform votes than Plains GP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.46% of users gave Brookfield Infrastructure Partners an outperform vote while only 57.37% of users gave Plains GP an outperform vote.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Plains GP. Plains GP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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 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 has a net margin of 1.64% compared to Plains GP's net margin of 0.21%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' return on equity of 1.17% beat Plains GP's return on equity.
Plains GP has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners had 5 more articles in the media than Plains GP. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and 4 mentions for Plains GP. Plains GP's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' score of 0.96 indicating that Plains GP is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Plains GP presently has a consensus target price of $20.60, suggesting a potential downside of 4.98%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has a consensus target price of $42.50, suggesting a potential upside of 28.83%. Given Brookfield Infrastructure Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is more favorable than Plains GP.
Plains GP pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Plains GP pays out 286.8% 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 4,051.0% 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 has increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years. Plains GP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners beats Plains GP on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PAGP) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
