Pembina Pipeline (PPL) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, PPL or TRP?

Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TC Energy has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PPL or TRP more profitable?

TC Energy has a net margin of 21.38% compared to Pembina Pipeline's net margin of 20.60%. Pembina Pipeline's return on equity of 11.89% beat TC Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pembina Pipeline	20.60%	11.89%	4.31%
TC Energy	21.38%	10.68%	3.51%

Is PPL or TRP a better dividend stock?

Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of C$2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. TC Energy pays an annual dividend of C$3.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. 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. TC Energy pays out 116.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate PPL or TRP?

Pembina Pipeline presently has a consensus price target of C$58.86, indicating a potential downside of 1.58%. TC Energy has a consensus price target of C$69.54, indicating a potential upside of 1.06%. Given TC Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TC Energy 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
TC Energy	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PPL or TRP?

TC Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Pembina Pipeline. Pembina Pipeline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TC Energy, 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	3.66	C$1.82B	C$3.26	18.34
TC Energy	C$16.50B	4.34	C$3.43B	C$3.31	20.79

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PPL or TRP?

Pembina Pipeline received 67 more outperform votes than TC Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.69% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote while only 60.42% of users gave TC Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pembina Pipeline	Outperform Votes 673 61.69%	Underperform Votes 418 38.31%
TC Energy	Outperform Votes 606 60.42%	Underperform Votes 397 39.58%

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

63.9% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of TC Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of TC Energy shares are owned by 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 media prefer PPL or TRP?

In the previous week, TC Energy had 18 more articles in the media than Pembina Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for TC Energy and 5 mentions for Pembina Pipeline. TC Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Pembina Pipeline's score of 0.19 indicating that TC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pembina Pipeline	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TC Energy	8 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

TC Energy beats Pembina Pipeline on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.