Analyzing Pembina Pipeline (NYSE:PBA) and Navigator (OTCMKTS:NVIGF)

Navigator (OTCMKTS:NVIGF) and Pembina Pipeline (NYSE:PBA) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Navigator and Pembina Pipeline”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Navigator	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pembina Pipeline	$5.57 billion	5.11	$1.21 billion	$2.04	23.98

Pembina Pipeline has higher revenue and earnings than Navigator.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Navigator and Pembina Pipeline, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Navigator	0	0	0	0	0.00
Pembina Pipeline	0	4	5	0	2.56

Pembina Pipeline has a consensus target price of $64.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.84%. Given Pembina Pipeline’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pembina Pipeline is more favorable than Navigator.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

55.4% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Navigator and Pembina Pipeline’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Navigator	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pembina Pipeline	22.41%	11.41%	4.82%

Summary

Pembina Pipeline beats Navigator on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Navigator

Navigator Holdings Ltd. owns and operates a fleet of handysize liquefied gas carriers. It also provides international seaborne transportation and regional distribution services of liquefied petroleum gas, petrochemical gases, and ammonia for energy companies, industrial users, and commodity traders. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

About Pembina Pipeline

Pembina Pipeline Corporation provides energy transportation and midstream services. It operates through three segments: Pipelines, Facilities, and Marketing & New Ventures. The Pipelines segment operates conventional, oil sands and heavy oil, and transmission assets with a transportation capacity of 2.9 millions of barrels of oil equivalent per day, the ground storage capacity of 10 millions of barrels, and rail terminalling capacity of approximately 105 thousands of barrels of oil equivalent per day serving markets and basins across North America. The Facilities segment offers infrastructure that provides customers with natural gas, condensate, and natural gas liquids (NGLs), including ethane, propane, butane, and condensate; and includes 354 thousands of barrels per day of NGL fractionation capacity, 21 millions of barrels of cavern storage capacity, and associated pipeline, and rail terminalling facilities and a liquefied propane export facility. The Marketing & New Ventures segment buys and sells hydrocarbon liquids and natural gas originating in the Western Canadian sedimentary basin and other basins. Pembina Pipeline Corporation was incorporated in 1954 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.