Genesis Energy (GEL) Competitors

Genesis Energy (NYSE:GEL) and Plains GP (NYSE:PAGP) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is GEL or PAGP more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genesis Energy	4.14%	14.70%	1.90%
Plains GP	0.35%	1.15%	0.60%

Which has better earnings and valuation, GEL or PAGP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Genesis Energy	$3.18B	0.48	$117.72M	$0.34	36.82
Plains GP	$48.71B	0.07	$198M	$0.88	20.47

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GEL or PAGP?

66.8% of Genesis Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.3% of Plains GP shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Genesis Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Plains GP shares are owned by 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, GEL or PAGP?

Genesis Energy has a beta of 2.01, meaning that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plains GP has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GEL or PAGP a better dividend stock?

Genesis Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Plains GP pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. 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.

Do analysts rate GEL or PAGP?

Genesis Energy currently has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.81%. Plains GP has a consensus price target of $19.64, indicating a potential upside of 9.03%. Given Genesis Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Genesis Energy is more favorable than Plains GP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Genesis Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Plains GP	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the media prefer GEL or PAGP?

In the previous week, Genesis Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Plains GP. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Genesis Energy and 1 mentions for Plains GP. Plains GP's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Genesis Energy's score of 1.04 indicating that Plains GP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Genesis Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Plains GP	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GEL or PAGP?

Genesis Energy received 42 more outperform votes than Plains GP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.46% of users gave Genesis Energy an outperform vote while only 57.49% of users gave Plains GP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Genesis Energy	Outperform Votes 472 65.46%	Underperform Votes 249 34.54%
Plains GP	Outperform Votes 430 57.49%	Underperform Votes 318 42.51%

Summary

Genesis Energy beats Plains GP on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.