Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA – Get Free Report) and Pyxis Tankers (NASDAQ:PXSAP – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Plains All American Pipeline and Pyxis Tankers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Plains All American Pipeline | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2.55 |
Pyxis Tankers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Plains All American Pipeline currently has a consensus target price of $18.96, indicating a potential upside of 6.81%. Given Plains All American Pipeline’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Plains All American Pipeline is more favorable than Pyxis Tankers.
Dividends
Insider & Institutional Ownership
41.8% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Plains All American Pipeline and Pyxis Tankers’ revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Plains All American Pipeline | $48.71 billion | 0.26 | $1.23 billion | $1.39 | 12.77 |
Pyxis Tankers | $50.60 million | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Plains All American Pipeline has higher revenue and earnings than Pyxis Tankers.
Profitability
This table compares Plains All American Pipeline and Pyxis Tankers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Plains All American Pipeline | 2.39% | 10.48% | 4.33% |
Pyxis Tankers | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Summary
Plains All American Pipeline beats Pyxis Tankers on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Plains All American Pipeline
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., through its subsidiaries, engages in the pipeline transportation, terminaling, storage, and gathering of crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGL) in the United States and Canada. The company operates through two segments, Crude Oil and NGL. The Crude Oil segment offers gathering and transporting crude oil through pipelines, gathering systems, trucks, and on barges or railcars. This segment provides terminaling, storage, and other facilities-related services, as well as merchant activities. The NGL segment is involved in natural gas processing and NGL fractionation, storage, transportation, and terminaling. This segment also includes ethane, propane, normal butane, iso-butane, and natural gasoline derived from natural gas production and processing activities, as well as crude oil refining processes. Its NGL components are used for various applications, such as heating, engine, and industrial fuels. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. operates as a subsidiary of Plains GP Holdings, L.P.
About Pyxis Tankers
Pyxis Tankers Inc. operates as a maritime transportation company with a focus on the tanker sector in the United States. Its fleet transports refined petroleum products, such as naphtha, gasoline, jet fuel, kerosene, diesel, and fuel oil, as well as other liquid bulk items, including vegetable oils and organic chemicals. As of March 31, 2023, the company operated a fleet of four tankers. Pyxis Tankers Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Maroussi, Greece. Pyxis Tankers Inc. is a subsidiary of Maritime Investors Corp.
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