Pembina Pipeline (PPL) Competitors

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

Is TRP or PPL a better dividend stock?

TC Energy pays an annual dividend of C$3.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of C$2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. TC Energy pays out 76.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pembina Pipeline pays out 80.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TC Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, TRP or PPL?

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

Do analysts prefer TRP or PPL?

TC Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$73.25, indicating a potential upside of 4.96%. Pembina Pipeline has a consensus price target of C$59.31, indicating a potential upside of 3.60%. Given TC Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe TC Energy is more favorable than Pembina Pipeline.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TC Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79
Pembina Pipeline	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TRP or PPL?

Pembina Pipeline received 68 more outperform votes than TC Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.55% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote while only 60.18% of users gave TC Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TC Energy	Outperform Votes 609 60.18%	Underperform Votes 403 39.82%
Pembina Pipeline	Outperform Votes 677 61.55%	Underperform Votes 423 38.45%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TRP or PPL?

79.4% of TC Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.9% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of TC Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, TRP or PPL?

TC Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Pembina Pipeline. TC Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pembina Pipeline, 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
TC Energy	C$15.91B	4.52	C$5.15B	C$5.03	13.88
Pembina Pipeline	C$7.71B	4.29	C$1.98B	C$3.45	16.62

Does the media prefer TRP or PPL?

In the previous week, TC Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Pembina Pipeline. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for TC Energy and 14 mentions for Pembina Pipeline. TC Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Pembina Pipeline's score of 0.87 indicating that TC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TC Energy	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pembina Pipeline	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TRP or PPL more profitable?

TC Energy has a net margin of 32.39% compared to Pembina Pipeline's net margin of 25.73%. TC Energy's return on equity of 17.25% beat Pembina Pipeline's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TC Energy	32.39%	17.25%	3.51%
Pembina Pipeline	25.73%	12.06%	4.31%

Summary

TC Energy beats Pembina Pipeline on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.