Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD – Get Free Report) and Dorian LPG (NYSE:LPG – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Risk and Volatility
Enterprise Products Partners has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dorian LPG has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Enterprise Products Partners and Dorian LPG”s gross 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 | 1.53 | $5.81 billion | $3.02 | 12.37 |
| Dorian LPG | $481.51 million | 4.54 | $193.67 million | $7.55 | 6.76 |
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.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Enterprise Products Partners and Dorian LPG, as reported by MarketBeat.
| 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 price target of $40.18, indicating a potential upside of 7.55%. Dorian LPG has a consensus price target of $55.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.71%. Given Dorian LPG’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dorian LPG is more favorable than Enterprise Products Partners.
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 | 10.79% | 20.67% | 7.93% |
| Dorian LPG | 55.00% | 25.69% | 15.87% |
Insider & Institutional 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Dorian LPG beats Enterprise Products Partners on 10 of the 15 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.
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