Plains GP (PAGP) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, PAA or PAGP?

Plains All American Pipeline has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plains GP has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate PAA or PAGP?

Plains All American Pipeline currently has a consensus target price of $19.82, indicating a potential upside of 12.86%. Plains GP has a consensus target price of $19.88, indicating a potential upside of 5.66%. Given Plains All American Pipeline's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research 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 All American Pipeline	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36
Plains GP	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22

Is PAA or PAGP 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 All American Pipeline	2.08%	11.63%	4.82%
Plains GP	0.33%	1.12%	0.58%

Is PAA or PAGP a better dividend stock?

Plains All American Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Plains GP pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. 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 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PAA or PAGP?

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 All American Pipeline	$48.71B	0.25	$1.23B	$1.12	15.68
Plains GP	$48.71B	0.08	$198M	$0.85	22.13

Does the media favor PAA or PAGP?

In the previous week, Plains All American Pipeline and Plains All American Pipeline both had 7 articles in the media. Plains GP's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Plains All American Pipeline's score of 0.72 indicating that Plains GP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Plains All American Pipeline	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Plains GP	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PAA or PAGP?

Plains All American Pipeline received 255 more outperform votes than Plains GP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.56% of users gave Plains All American Pipeline an outperform vote while only 57.48% of users gave Plains GP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Plains All American Pipeline	Outperform Votes 689 65.56%	Underperform Votes 362 34.44%
Plains GP	Outperform Votes 434 57.48%	Underperform Votes 321 42.52%

Summary

Plains All American Pipeline beats Plains GP on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.