SMLP vs. NGL, EPD, ET, WMB, NGG, KMI, TRP, TRGP, WES, and AM
Should you be buying Summit Midstream Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Summit Midstream Partners include NGL Energy Partners (NGL), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), Williams Companies (WMB), National Grid (NGG), Kinder Morgan (KMI), TC Energy (TRP), Targa Resources (TRGP), Western Midstream Partners (WES), and Antero Midstream (AM). These companies are all part of the "natural gas transmission" industry.
Summit Midstream Partners (NYSE:SMLP) and NGL Energy Partners (NYSE:NGL) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
Summit Midstream Partners has a net margin of 23.24% compared to NGL Energy Partners' net margin of 0.34%. Summit Midstream Partners' return on equity of 25.67% beat NGL Energy Partners' return on equity.
Summit Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.32, meaning that its share price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NGL Energy Partners has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Summit Midstream Partners and Summit Midstream Partners both had 1 articles in the media. NGL Energy Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Summit Midstream Partners' score of 0.09 indicating that NGL Energy Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
43.0% of Summit Midstream Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.6% of NGL Energy Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Summit Midstream Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summit Midstream Partners received 80 more outperform votes than NGL Energy Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.95% of users gave Summit Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 63.71% of users gave NGL Energy Partners an outperform vote.
NGL Energy Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Summit Midstream Partners. NGL Energy Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Summit Midstream Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Summit Midstream Partners beats NGL Energy Partners on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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