Dorian LPG (NYSE:LPG) & Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD) Head-To-Head Survey

Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD) and Dorian LPG (NYSE:LPG) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Enterprise Products Partners and Dorian LPG’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enterprise Products Partners	10.24%	21.50%	8.23%
Dorian LPG	55.00%	25.69%	15.87%

Dividends

Enterprise Products Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Dorian LPG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Enterprise Products Partners pays out 74.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dorian LPG pays out 13.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Enterprise Products Partners has increased its dividend for 28 consecutive years. Enterprise Products Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

26.1% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of Dorian LPG shares are held by institutional investors. 32.6% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of Dorian LPG shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Enterprise Products Partners has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dorian LPG has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Enterprise Products Partners and Dorian LPG, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enterprise Products Partners	1	10	7	0	2.33
Dorian LPG	0	1	3	1	3.00

Enterprise Products Partners currently has a consensus target price of $40.18, indicating a potential upside of 8.69%. Dorian LPG has a consensus target price of $55.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.67%. Given Dorian LPG’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dorian LPG is more favorable than Enterprise Products Partners.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Enterprise Products Partners and Dorian LPG”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enterprise Products Partners	$52.60 billion	1.52	$5.81 billion	$3.02	12.24
Dorian LPG	$585.18 million	3.42	$193.67 million	$7.55	6.19

Enterprise Products Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Dorian LPG. Dorian LPG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enterprise Products Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Dorian LPG beats Enterprise Products Partners on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Enterprise Products Partners

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. provides midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil, petrochemicals, and refined products. It operates in four segments: NGL Pipelines & Services, Crude Oil Pipelines & Services, Natural Gas Pipelines & Services, and Petrochemical & Refined Products Services. The NGL Pipelines & Services segment offers natural gas processing and related NGL marketing services. It operates natural gas processing facilities located in Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming; NGL pipelines; NGL fractionation facilities; NGL and related product storage facilities; and NGL marine terminals. The Crude Oil Pipelines & Services segment operates crude oil pipelines; and crude oil storage and marine terminals, which include a fleet of approximately 250 tractor-trailer tank trucks that are used to transport crude oil. It also engages in crude oil marketing activities. The Natural Gas Pipelines & Services segment operates natural gas pipeline systems to gather, treat, and transport natural gas. It leases underground salt dome natural gas storage facilities in Napoleonville, Louisiana; owns an underground salt dome storage cavern in Wharton County, Texas; and markets natural gas. The Petrochemical & Refined Products Services segment operates propylene fractionation facilities, including propylene fractionation units and propane dehydrogenation facilities, and related marketing activities; butane isomerization complex and related deisobutanizer operations; and octane enhancement, isobutane dehydrogenation, and high purity isobutylene production facilities. It also operates refined products pipelines and terminals; and ethylene export terminals; and provides refined products marketing and marine transportation services. Enterprise Products Partners L.P. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

About Dorian LPG

Dorian LPG Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the transportation of liquefied petroleum gas through its LPG tankers worldwide. It owns and operates twenty-five very large gas carriers. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.