WES vs. NGG, VST, AEP, TRP, EXC, XEL, VG, CQP, FTS, and LNT
Should you be buying Western Midstream Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Midstream Partners include National Grid (NGG), Vistra (VST), American Electric Power (AEP), TC Energy (TRP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Venture Global (VG), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Fortis (FTS), and Alliant Energy (LNT). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Western Midstream Partners vs.
Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES) and National Grid (NYSE:NGG) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
84.8% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of National Grid shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Western Midstream Partners currently has a consensus price target of $37.88, indicating a potential downside of 7.95%. Given Western Midstream Partners' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Western Midstream Partners is more favorable than National Grid.
Western Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. National Grid pays an annual dividend of $2.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Western Midstream Partners pays out 89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. National Grid pays out 38.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, National Grid had 3 more articles in the media than Western Midstream Partners. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for National Grid and 8 mentions for Western Midstream Partners. Western Midstream Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat National Grid's score of 0.48 indicating that Western Midstream Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Western Midstream Partners received 81 more outperform votes than National Grid when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.59% of users gave Western Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 58.76% of users gave National Grid an outperform vote.
Western Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.88, meaning that its share price is 188% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Grid has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
National Grid has higher revenue and earnings than Western Midstream Partners. Western Midstream Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Grid, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Western Midstream Partners has a net margin of 42.99% compared to National Grid's net margin of 0.00%. Western Midstream Partners' return on equity of 46.02% beat National Grid's return on equity.
Summary
Western Midstream Partners beats National Grid on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WES) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
