Ultrapar Participações (UGP) Competitors

DT Midstream (NYSE:DTM) and Ultrapar Participações (NYSE:UGP) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Is DTM or UGP more profitable?

DT Midstream has a net margin of 41.19% compared to Ultrapar Participações' net margin of 2.00%. Ultrapar Participações' return on equity of 18.03% beat DT Midstream's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DT Midstream	41.19%	9.31%	4.53%
Ultrapar Participações	2.00%	18.03%	6.93%

Is DTM or UGP a better dividend stock?

DT Midstream pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Ultrapar Participações pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. DT Midstream pays out 71.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ultrapar Participações pays out 17.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Ultrapar Participações is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, DTM or UGP?

DT Midstream has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ultrapar Participações has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer DTM or UGP?

In the previous week, Ultrapar Participações had 11 more articles in the media than DT Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ultrapar Participações and 2 mentions for DT Midstream. DT Midstream's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Ultrapar Participações' score of 0.51 indicating that DT Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DT Midstream	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ultrapar Participações	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, DTM or UGP?

Ultrapar Participações has higher revenue and earnings than DT Midstream. Ultrapar Participações is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DT Midstream, 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
DT Midstream	$922M	11.86	$384M	$4.11	27.38
Ultrapar Participações	$25.25B	0.12	$488.69M	$0.46	5.77

Do analysts prefer DTM or UGP?

DT Midstream currently has a consensus price target of $95.88, indicating a potential downside of 14.81%. Ultrapar Participações has a consensus price target of $4.10, indicating a potential upside of 54.43%. Given Ultrapar Participações' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ultrapar Participações is more favorable than DT Midstream.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DT Midstream	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.10
Ultrapar Participações	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DTM or UGP?

Ultrapar Participações received 286 more outperform votes than DT Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.94% of users gave Ultrapar Participações an outperform vote while only 42.53% of users gave DT Midstream an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DT Midstream	Outperform Votes 37 42.53%	Underperform Votes 50 57.47%
Ultrapar Participações	Outperform Votes 323 60.94%	Underperform Votes 207 39.06%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DTM or UGP?

81.5% of DT Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.6% of Ultrapar Participações shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of DT Midstream shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Ultrapar Participações shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Ultrapar Participações beats DT Midstream on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.