PBA vs. DWSN, CNQ, ENB, CEG, EOG, SLB, MPC, PXD, EPD, and PSX
Should you be buying Pembina Pipeline stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pembina Pipeline include Dawson Geophysical (DWSN), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), Enbridge (ENB), Constellation Energy (CEG), EOG Resources (EOG), Schlumberger (SLB), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), and Phillips 66 (PSX). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Dawson Geophysical (NASDAQ:DWSN) and Pembina Pipeline (NYSE:PBA) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.
Pembina Pipeline has a net margin of 21.61% compared to Pembina Pipeline's net margin of -5.95%. Dawson Geophysical's return on equity of 13.33% beat Pembina Pipeline's return on equity.
7.9% of Dawson Geophysical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of Dawson Geophysical shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Pembina Pipeline has higher revenue and earnings than Dawson Geophysical. Dawson Geophysical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pembina Pipeline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Pembina Pipeline had 9 more articles in the media than Dawson Geophysical. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Pembina Pipeline and 4 mentions for Dawson Geophysical. Pembina Pipeline's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Dawson Geophysical's score of 1.05 indicating that Dawson Geophysical is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pembina Pipeline received 327 more outperform votes than Dawson Geophysical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.54% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote while only 60.84% of users gave Dawson Geophysical an outperform vote.
Pembina Pipeline has a consensus target price of $44.75, indicating a potential upside of 20.43%. Given Dawson Geophysical's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pembina Pipeline is more favorable than Dawson Geophysical.
Dawson Geophysical pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.5%. Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of $1.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Dawson Geophysical pays out -123.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pembina Pipeline pays out 85.7% 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 increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Dawson Geophysical is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Dawson Geophysical has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Pembina Pipeline beats Dawson Geophysical on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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