Pembina Pipeline (PBA) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, EQNR or PBA?

Equinor ASA has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EQNR or PBA a better dividend stock?

Equinor ASA pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Equinor ASA pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pembina Pipeline pays out 84.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate EQNR or PBA?

Equinor ASA currently has a consensus target price of $26.90, suggesting a potential upside of 7.26%. Pembina Pipeline has a consensus target price of $56.50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.04%. Given Pembina Pipeline's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pembina Pipeline is more favorable than Equinor ASA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Equinor ASA	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Pembina Pipeline	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the media prefer EQNR or PBA?

In the previous week, Equinor ASA had 14 more articles in the media than Pembina Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Equinor ASA and 7 mentions for Pembina Pipeline. Pembina Pipeline's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Equinor ASA's score of 0.69 indicating that Pembina Pipeline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Equinor ASA	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pembina Pipeline	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher 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	$107.17B	0.65	$11.89B	$3.26	7.69
Pembina Pipeline	$6.70B	3.68	$1.32B	$2.42	17.55

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EQNR or PBA?

Pembina Pipeline received 310 more outperform votes than Equinor ASA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.41% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote while only 55.38% of users gave Equinor ASA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Equinor ASA	Outperform Votes 206 55.38%	Underperform Votes 166 44.62%
Pembina Pipeline	Outperform Votes 516 66.41%	Underperform Votes 261 33.59%

Is EQNR or PBA more profitable?

Pembina Pipeline has a net margin of 25.39% compared to Equinor ASA's net margin of 8.95%. Equinor ASA's return on equity of 19.97% beat Pembina Pipeline's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Equinor ASA	8.95%	19.97%	6.78%
Pembina Pipeline	25.39%	13.62%	5.71%

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

5.5% of Equinor ASA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Equinor ASA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Pembina Pipeline beats Equinor ASA on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.