GEL vs. PAGP, DKL, ENB, MPLX, PAA, DINO, KNTK, ETRN, MUR, and ENLC
Should you be buying Genesis Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genesis Energy include Plains GP (PAGP), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), Enbridge (ENB), Mplx (MPLX), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), HF Sinclair (DINO), Kinetik (KNTK), Equitrans Midstream (ETRN), Murphy Oil (MUR), and EnLink Midstream (ENLC). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Genesis Energy (NYSE:GEL) and Plains GP (NYSE:PAGP) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Genesis Energy received 41 more outperform votes than Plains GP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.46% of users gave Genesis Energy an outperform vote while only 57.54% of users gave Plains GP an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Plains GP had 2 more articles in the media than Genesis Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Plains GP and 2 mentions for Genesis Energy. Plains GP's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Genesis Energy's score of 0.73 indicating that Plains GP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Genesis Energy has a beta of 2.06, meaning that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plains GP has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Plains GP has higher revenue and earnings than Genesis Energy. Plains GP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genesis Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Genesis Energy presently has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.11%. Plains GP has a consensus target price of $19.82, indicating a potential upside of 9.19%. Given Genesis Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Genesis Energy is more favorable than Plains GP.
Genesis Energy has a net margin of 4.14% compared to Plains GP's net margin of 0.35%. Genesis Energy's return on equity of 14.70% beat Plains GP's return on equity.
Genesis Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Plains GP pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Genesis Energy pays out 176.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Plains GP pays out 144.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Plains GP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
66.8% of Genesis Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of Plains GP shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Genesis Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Plains GP shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Plains GP beats Genesis Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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