ETRN vs. WES, AM, DTM, KNTK, ENLC, AROC, TGS, USAC, KGS, and NGL
Should you be buying Equitrans Midstream stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equitrans Midstream include Western Midstream Partners (WES), Antero Midstream (AM), DT Midstream (DTM), Kinetik (KNTK), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Archrock (AROC), Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), USA Compression Partners (USAC), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), and NGL Energy Partners (NGL). These companies are all part of the "natural gas transmission" industry.
Equitrans Midstream (NYSE:ETRN) and Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.
Western Midstream Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Equitrans Midstream. Western Midstream Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equitrans Midstream, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.4% of Equitrans Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.9% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Equitrans Midstream shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Western Midstream Partners received 559 more outperform votes than Equitrans Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.00% of users gave Western Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 29.73% of users gave Equitrans Midstream an outperform vote.
Equitrans Midstream has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.85, suggesting that its share price is 185% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Equitrans Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Western Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Equitrans Midstream pays out 66.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western Midstream Partners pays out 98.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Equitrans Midstream and Equitrans Midstream both had 5 articles in the media. Equitrans Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Western Midstream Partners' score of 1.25 indicating that Equitrans Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Equitrans Midstream currently has a consensus target price of $13.10, suggesting a potential downside of 8.65%. Western Midstream Partners has a consensus target price of $31.55, suggesting a potential downside of 18.72%. Given Equitrans Midstream's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Equitrans Midstream is more favorable than Western Midstream Partners.
Western Midstream Partners has a net margin of 42.50% compared to Equitrans Midstream's net margin of 31.69%. Western Midstream Partners' return on equity of 44.76% beat Equitrans Midstream's return on equity.
Summary
Western Midstream Partners beats Equitrans Midstream on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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