Emera (EMA) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend PPL or EMA?

Pembina Pipeline presently has a consensus price target of C$58.67, suggesting a potential upside of 12.04%. Emera has a consensus price target of C$57.10, suggesting a potential upside of 6.43%. Given Pembina Pipeline's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Pembina Pipeline is more favorable than Emera.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pembina Pipeline	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Emera	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Is PPL or EMA a better dividend stock?

Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of C$2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Emera pays an annual dividend of C$2.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. 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. Emera pays out 112.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media refer more to PPL or EMA?

In the previous week, Pembina Pipeline had 4 more articles in the media than Emera. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Pembina Pipeline and 4 mentions for Emera. Emera's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Pembina Pipeline's score of 0.09 indicating that Emera is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pembina Pipeline	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Emera	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PPL or EMA?

63.9% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.1% of Emera shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Emera 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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, PPL or EMA?

Pembina Pipeline has higher revenue and earnings than Emera. Pembina Pipeline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Emera, 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	3.20	C$1.82B	C$3.26	16.06
Emera	C$7.35B	2.11	C$725.70M	C$2.57	20.88

Is PPL or EMA more profitable?

Pembina Pipeline has a net margin of 20.60% compared to Emera's net margin of 10.83%. Pembina Pipeline's return on equity of 11.89% beat Emera's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pembina Pipeline	20.60%	11.89%	4.31%
Emera	10.83%	6.60%	2.30%

Which has more risk and volatility, PPL or EMA?

Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Emera has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PPL or EMA?

Pembina Pipeline received 84 more outperform votes than Emera when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.55% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote while only 58.24% of users gave Emera an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pembina Pipeline	Outperform Votes 674 61.55%	Underperform Votes 421 38.45%
Emera	Outperform Votes 590 58.24%	Underperform Votes 423 41.76%

Summary

Pembina Pipeline beats Emera on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.