TC Energy (TRP) Competitors

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

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

63.9% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of TC Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of TC Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 5.3%. TC Energy pays an annual dividend of C$3.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. 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 prefer PPL or TRP?

Pembina Pipeline presently has a consensus price target of C$59.07, suggesting a potential upside of 12.57%. TC Energy has a consensus price target of C$69.77, suggesting a potential upside of 5.54%. Given Pembina Pipeline's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Pembina Pipeline is more favorable than TC Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pembina Pipeline	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62
TC Energy	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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	3.21	C$1.82B	C$3.26	16.10
TC Energy	C$16.50B	4.17	C$3.43B	C$3.31	19.97

Does the media favor PPL or TRP?

In the previous week, Pembina Pipeline had 4 more articles in the media than TC Energy. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Pembina Pipeline and 14 mentions for TC Energy. TC Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Pembina Pipeline's score of 0.05 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)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TC Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PPL or TRP?

Pembina Pipeline received 68 more outperform votes than TC Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.61% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote while only 60.30% of users gave TC Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pembina Pipeline	Outperform Votes 674 61.61%	Underperform Votes 420 38.39%
TC Energy	Outperform Votes 606 60.30%	Underperform Votes 399 39.70%

Which has more volatility and risk, 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.

Summary

Pembina Pipeline beats TC Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.