MPLX vs. ENB, PAA, DINO, PAGP, NS, DKL, GEL, COP, BP, and EQNR
Should you be buying Mplx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mplx include Enbridge (ENB), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), HF Sinclair (DINO), Plains GP (PAGP), NuStar Energy (NS), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), Genesis Energy (GEL), ConocoPhillips (COP), BP (BP), and Equinor ASA (EQNR). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Mplx (NYSE:MPLX) and Enbridge (NYSE:ENB) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Mplx has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enbridge has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
24.3% of Mplx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of Enbridge shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Enbridge shares are owned 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.
Enbridge has higher revenue and earnings than Mplx. Mplx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enbridge, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mplx has a net margin of 34.96% compared to Enbridge's net margin of 13.59%. Mplx's return on equity of 31.70% beat Enbridge's return on equity.
Mplx pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Enbridge pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Mplx pays out 87.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Enbridge pays out 136.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mplx is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Enbridge received 193 more outperform votes than Mplx when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.25% of users gave Mplx an outperform vote while only 68.13% of users gave Enbridge an outperform vote.
Mplx presently has a consensus price target of $45.11, indicating a potential upside of 10.89%. Enbridge has a consensus price target of $55.20, indicating a potential upside of 50.90%. Given Enbridge's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Enbridge is more favorable than Mplx.
In the previous week, Enbridge had 4 more articles in the media than Mplx. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Enbridge and 12 mentions for Mplx. Enbridge's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Mplx's score of 0.68 indicating that Enbridge is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Mplx beats Enbridge on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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