Plains GP (PAGP) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate PAA or PAGP?

Plains All American Pipeline currently has a consensus price target of $20.23, indicating a potential upside of 5.15%. Plains GP has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.69%. Given Plains All American Pipeline's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly 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	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31
Plains GP	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the media refer more to PAA or PAGP?

In the previous week, Plains GP had 1 more articles in the media than Plains All American Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Plains GP and 10 mentions for Plains All American Pipeline. Plains GP's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Plains All American Pipeline's score of 1.01 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Plains GP	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PAA or PAGP?

Plains All American Pipeline received 256 more outperform votes than Plains GP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.50% of users gave Plains All American Pipeline an outperform vote while only 57.27% of users gave Plains GP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Plains All American Pipeline	Outperform Votes 693 65.50%	Underperform Votes 365 34.50%
Plains GP	Outperform Votes 437 57.27%	Underperform Votes 326 42.73%

Is PAA or PAGP more profitable?

Plains All American Pipeline has a net margin of 1.54% compared to Plains GP's net margin of 0.21%. Plains All American Pipeline's return on equity of 11.69% beat Plains GP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Plains All American Pipeline	1.54%	11.69%	4.83%
Plains GP	0.21%	0.70%	0.36%

Is PAA or PAGP a better dividend stock?

Plains All American Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Plains GP pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. 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. 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. Plains All American Pipeline is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, 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	$50.07B	0.27	$772M	$0.73	26.36
Plains GP	$50.07B	0.08	$103M	$0.53	38.96

Which has more risk and volatility, PAA or PAGP?

Plains All American Pipeline has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plains GP has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals 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 insiders. Comparatively, 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Plains All American Pipeline beats Plains GP on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.