AltaGas (ALA) Competitors

Pembina Pipeline (TSE:PPL) and AltaGas (TSE:ALA) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is PPL or ALA a better dividend stock?

Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of C$2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. AltaGas pays an annual dividend of C$1.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Pembina Pipeline pays out 84.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AltaGas pays out 82.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is PPL or ALA more profitable?

Pembina Pipeline has a net margin of 20.60% compared to AltaGas' net margin of 3.58%. Pembina Pipeline's return on equity of 11.89% beat AltaGas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pembina Pipeline	20.60%	11.89%	4.31%
AltaGas	3.58%	5.78%	2.69%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PPL or ALA?

63.9% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.3% of AltaGas shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of AltaGas shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PPL or ALA?

Pembina Pipeline received 105 more outperform votes than AltaGas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.11% of users gave AltaGas an outperform vote while only 61.69% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pembina Pipeline	Outperform Votes 673 61.69%	Underperform Votes 418 38.31%
AltaGas	Outperform Votes 568 63.11%	Underperform Votes 332 36.89%

Do analysts rate PPL or ALA?

Pembina Pipeline presently has a consensus target price of C$58.86, indicating a potential upside of 0.34%. AltaGas has a consensus target price of C$38.10, indicating a potential upside of 12.86%. Given AltaGas' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AltaGas is more favorable than Pembina Pipeline.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pembina Pipeline	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
AltaGas	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Which has more volatility and risk, PPL or ALA?

Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AltaGas has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PPL or ALA?

Pembina Pipeline has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AltaGas. Pembina Pipeline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AltaGas, 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
Pembina Pipeline	C$9.48B	3.59	C$1.82B	C$3.26	17.99
AltaGas	C$12.75B	0.79	C$429M	C$1.45	23.28

Does the media refer more to PPL or ALA?

In the previous week, Pembina Pipeline had 12 more articles in the media than AltaGas. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Pembina Pipeline and 1 mentions for AltaGas. AltaGas' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Pembina Pipeline's score of -0.04 indicating that AltaGas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pembina Pipeline	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
AltaGas	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Pembina Pipeline beats AltaGas on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.