Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (PAA) vs Western Midstream Partners, LP (WES)

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and Western Midstream Partners, LP are both Oil & Gas Midstream companies. Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and Western Midstream Partners, LP are of similar size ($18.2B and $17.7B). Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. trades at the lower P/E: 7.0× against 14.0×. Western Midstream Partners, LP grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 18.0% against 13.1%. Western Midstream Partners, LP has the higher net margin (29.0% vs 4.87%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.16% vs 4.74%). Both pay a dividend; Western Midstream Partners, LP yields more (8.25% vs 8.12%). Across the 23 metrics below, Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. leads on 13 and Western Midstream Partners, LP on 10.

Valuation

Metric PAA WES Oil & Gas Midstream median
P/E 6.99 13.98 12.77
P/S 0.34 4.10 2.36
P/B 1.45 4.03 2.09
Price to free cash flow 7.31 15.01 9.71
EV/EBITDA 9.64 10.59 8.30
EV/Sales 0.48 6.16 3.88
Earnings yield 14.30% 7.15% 7.15%
Free cash flow yield 13.68% 6.66% 6.86%

Profitability

Metric PAA WES Oil & Gas Midstream median
Gross margin 5.55% 92.08% 56.58%
Operating margin 3.14% 40.23% 34.18%
Net margin 4.87% 29.00% 22.50%
Free cash flow margin 4.66% 27.30% 13.70%
Return on equity 21.98% 32.48% 14.65%
Return on assets 9.03% 8.82% 5.00%
Return on invested capital 4.74% 8.16% 6.13%

Growth

Metric PAA WES Oil & Gas Midstream median
Revenue growth (TTM) 13.08% 18.00% 15.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 127.40% (25.87%) (7.86%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 13.70% 6.75% 9.59%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 17.48% 0.00%

Health

Metric PAA WES Oil & Gas Midstream median
Debt to equity 0.59 2.06 0.78
Current ratio 1.12 0.91 1.19
Net debt to EBITDA 4.58 3.37 3.42

Dividend

Metric PAA WES Oil & Gas Midstream median
Dividend yield 8.12% 8.25% 4.54%
Payout ratio 0.57 1.16 0.76

Size

Metric PAA WES Oil & Gas Midstream median
Market cap 17.74b 18.24b 3.73b

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