PPL vs. ENB, TRP, ALA, KEY, GEI, TPZ, KML, TWM, CNQ, and SU
Should you be buying Pembina Pipeline stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pembina Pipeline include Enbridge (ENB), TC Energy (TRP), AltaGas (ALA), Keyera (KEY), Gibson Energy (GEI), Topaz Energy (TPZ), Kinder Morgan Canada Limited (KML.TO) (KML), Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure (TWM), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), and Suncor Energy (SU).
Enbridge (TSE:ENB) and Pembina Pipeline (TSE:PPL) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Pembina Pipeline had 3 more articles in the media than Enbridge. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Pembina Pipeline and 8 mentions for Enbridge. Enbridge's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Pembina Pipeline's score of 0.09 indicating that Pembina Pipeline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Enbridge presently has a consensus target price of C$53.56, suggesting a potential upside of 9.49%. Pembina Pipeline has a consensus target price of C$54.25, suggesting a potential upside of 9.42%. Given Pembina Pipeline's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Enbridge is more favorable than Pembina Pipeline.
Enbridge has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Enbridge pays an annual dividend of C$3.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of C$2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Enbridge pays out 138.6% 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 88.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Pembina Pipeline has a net margin of 20.39% compared to Pembina Pipeline's net margin of 13.81%. Enbridge's return on equity of 11.65% beat Pembina Pipeline's return on equity.
53.4% of Enbridge shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Enbridge shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Enbridge has higher revenue and earnings than Pembina Pipeline. Pembina Pipeline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enbridge, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enbridge received 86 more outperform votes than Pembina Pipeline when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.93% of users gave Enbridge an outperform vote while only 62.09% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote.
Summary
Pembina Pipeline beats Enbridge on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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