Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) and Its Rivals Critical Contrast

Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD) is one of 1,051 publicly-traded companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Enterprise Products Partners to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.

Dividends

Enterprise Products Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Enterprise Products Partners pays out 74.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.0% and pay out -134.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Enterprise Products Partners has raised its dividend for 28 consecutive years. Enterprise Products Partners lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

26.1% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by institutional investors. 32.6% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Enterprise Products Partners has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Products Partners’ rivals have a beta of -3.76, indicating that their average share price is 476% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Enterprise Products Partners and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enterprise Products Partners	1	10	7	0	2.33
Enterprise Products Partners Competitors	5994	27032	40912	2431	2.52

Enterprise Products Partners currently has a consensus price target of $40.18, indicating a potential upside of 7.82%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 27.31%. Given Enterprise Products Partners’ rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Enterprise Products Partners has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Enterprise Products Partners and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enterprise Products Partners	$64.40 billion	$5.81 billion	12.34
Enterprise Products Partners Competitors	$11.35 billion	$5.51 billion	-1.25

Enterprise Products Partners has higher revenue and earnings than its rivals. Enterprise Products Partners is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Enterprise Products Partners and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enterprise Products Partners	10.24%	21.41%	8.14%
Enterprise Products Partners Competitors	-455.84%	19.30%	6.64%

Summary

Enterprise Products Partners beats its rivals on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

Enterprise Products Partners Company Profile

Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD) is a North American midstream energy company that gathers, processes, transports, stores and exports energy-related commodities. Its operations support the movement of products from producing regions to refineries, petrochemical plants and other customers. The company’s assets include pipelines, natural gas processing plants, storage facilities, and terminals. It handles natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals, and provides services such as NGL fractionation and transportation.