GLP vs. MMLP, ETRN, KNTK, BEPC, SM, ENLC, CWEN, VAL, TDW, and CPG
Should you be buying Global Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Partners include Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP), Equitrans Midstream (ETRN), Kinetik (KNTK), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), SM Energy (SM), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Clearway Energy (CWEN), Valaris (VAL), Tidewater (TDW), and Crescent Point Energy (CPG).
Martin Midstream Partners (NASDAQ:MMLP) and Global Partners (NYSE:GLP) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.
34.9% of Martin Midstream Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.1% of Global Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 17.0% of Martin Midstream Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 41.5% of Global Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Global Partners has a net margin of 0.71% compared to Global Partners' net margin of 0.52%. Martin Midstream Partners' return on equity of 18.45% beat Global Partners' return on equity.
Global Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Martin Midstream Partners. Global Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Martin Midstream Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Martin Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Global Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Martin Midstream Partners pays out 22.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Partners pays out 105.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Global Partners has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Global Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Martin Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.15, suggesting that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Partners has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Global Partners had 5 more articles in the media than Martin Midstream Partners. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Global Partners and 4 mentions for Martin Midstream Partners. Martin Midstream Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Global Partners' score of 0.49 indicating that Global Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Martin Midstream Partners received 14 more outperform votes than Global Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.44% of users gave Martin Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Global Partners an outperform vote.
Global Partners has a consensus price target of $44.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.05%. Given Martin Midstream Partners' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Global Partners is more favorable than Martin Midstream Partners.
Summary
Global Partners beats Martin Midstream Partners on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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