Pembina Pipeline (PBA) Competitors

Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) and Pembina Pipeline (NYSE:PBA) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Is EQNR or PBA a better dividend stock?

Equinor ASA pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $1.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Equinor ASA pays out 37.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pembina Pipeline pays out 86.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Equinor ASA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EQNR or PBA?

5.5% of Equinor ASA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Equinor ASA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, EQNR or PBA?

Equinor ASA has higher revenue and earnings than Pembina Pipeline. Equinor ASA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pembina Pipeline, 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
Equinor ASA	$102.50B	0.63	$8.81B	$3.11	7.46
Pembina Pipeline	$7.38B	3.05	$1.32B	$2.19	17.73

Do analysts prefer EQNR or PBA?

Equinor ASA currently has a consensus target price of $29.45, suggesting a potential upside of 26.86%. Pembina Pipeline has a consensus target price of $56.50, suggesting a potential upside of 45.50%. Given Pembina Pipeline's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pembina Pipeline is more favorable than Equinor ASA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Equinor ASA	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Pembina Pipeline	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Is EQNR or PBA more profitable?

Pembina Pipeline has a net margin of 25.39% compared to Equinor ASA's net margin of 8.49%. Equinor ASA's return on equity of 20.33% beat Pembina Pipeline's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Equinor ASA	8.49%	20.33%	6.83%
Pembina Pipeline	25.39%	13.62%	5.71%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EQNR or PBA?

Pembina Pipeline received 292 more outperform votes than Equinor ASA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.41% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote while only 57.51% of users gave Equinor ASA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Equinor ASA	Outperform Votes 226 57.51%	Underperform Votes 167 42.49%
Pembina Pipeline	Outperform Votes 518 66.41%	Underperform Votes 262 33.59%

Does the media prefer EQNR or PBA?

In the previous week, Pembina Pipeline had 8 more articles in the media than Equinor ASA. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Pembina Pipeline and 11 mentions for Equinor ASA. Equinor ASA's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Pembina Pipeline's score of 0.37 indicating that Equinor ASA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Equinor ASA	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pembina Pipeline	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, EQNR or PBA?

Equinor ASA has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Equinor ASA beats Pembina Pipeline on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.