TRP vs. EPD, ET, WMB, KMI, NGG, TRGP, WES, AM, DTM, and ETRN
Should you be buying TC Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TC Energy include Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), Williams Companies (WMB), Kinder Morgan (KMI), National Grid (NGG), Targa Resources (TRGP), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Antero Midstream (AM), DT Midstream (DTM), and Equitrans Midstream (ETRN). These companies are all part of the "natural gas transmission" industry.
TC Energy (NYSE:TRP) and Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.
TC Energy has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Products Partners has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Enterprise Products Partners received 469 more outperform votes than TC Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.44% of users gave Enterprise Products Partners an outperform vote while only 63.56% of users gave TC Energy an outperform vote.
TC Energy has a net margin of 17.23% compared to Enterprise Products Partners' net margin of 10.76%. Enterprise Products Partners' return on equity of 19.73% beat TC Energy's return on equity.
Enterprise Products Partners has higher revenue and earnings than TC Energy. Enterprise Products Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TC Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Enterprise Products Partners had 21 more articles in the media than TC Energy. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Enterprise Products Partners and 5 mentions for TC Energy. TC Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Enterprise Products Partners' score of 0.76 indicating that TC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
83.1% of TC Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.1% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 32.6% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
TC Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.83 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Enterprise Products Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. TC Energy pays out 145.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Enterprise Products Partners pays out 80.8% 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 presently has a consensus target price of $48.83, suggesting a potential upside of 25.04%. Enterprise Products Partners has a consensus target price of $32.77, suggesting a potential upside of 14.86%. Given TC Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TC Energy is more favorable than Enterprise Products Partners.
Summary
Enterprise Products Partners beats TC Energy on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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