Plains All American Pipeline (NASDAQ:PAA – Get Free Report) and Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations and risk.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Plains All American Pipeline and Vista Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Plains All American Pipeline | $44.26 billion | 0.43 | $1.44 billion | $3.61 | 7.44 |
| Vista Energy | $2.47 billion | 3.26 | $719.06 million | $7.58 | 9.61 |
Plains All American Pipeline has higher revenue and earnings than Vista Energy. Plains All American Pipeline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vista Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Plains All American Pipeline and Vista Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Plains All American Pipeline | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2.44 |
| Vista Energy | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.83 |
Plains All American Pipeline currently has a consensus target price of $25.87, suggesting a potential downside of 3.66%. Vista Energy has a consensus target price of $83.44, suggesting a potential upside of 14.55%. Given Vista Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vista Energy is more favorable than Plains All American Pipeline.
Volatility & Risk
Plains All American Pipeline has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Energy has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
41.8% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Vista Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Plains All American Pipeline shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Plains All American Pipeline and Vista Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Plains All American Pipeline | 5.29% | 12.13% | 4.59% |
| Vista Energy | 23.56% | 20.26% | 7.25% |
Summary
Vista Energy beats Plains All American Pipeline on 9 of the 15 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, terminalling, storage, and gathering of crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGL) in the United States and Canada. The company operates in two segments, Crude Oil and NGL. The Crude Oil segment offers gathering and transporting crude oil through pipelines, gathering systems, trucks, and at times on barges or railcars. This segment provides terminalling, storage, and other facilities-related services, as well as merchant activities. As of December 31, 2021, this segment owned and leased 18,300 miles of active crude oil transportation pipelines and gathering systems, as well as an additional 110 miles of pipelines that supports crude oil storage and terminalling facilities; 74 million barrels of commercial crude oil storage capacity; 38 million barrels of active, above-ground tank capacity; four marine facilities; a condensate processing facility; seven crude oil rail terminals and 2,100 crude oil railcars; and 640 trucks and 1,275 trailers. The Natural Gas Liquids segment engages in the natural gas processing, NGL fractionation, storage, transportation, and terminalling activities. As of December 31, 2021, this segment owned and operated four natural gas processing plants; nine fractionation plants; 28 million barrels of NGL storage capacity; approximately 1,620 miles of active NGL transportation pipelines, as well as an additional 55 miles of pipeline that supports NGL storage facilities; 16 NGL rail terminals and approximately 3,900 NGL rail cars; and approximately 220 trailers. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
About Vista Energy
Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V., through its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and production of oil and gas in Latin America. The company's principal assets located in Neuquina basin, Argentina and Vaca Muerta. It owns producing assets in Argentina and Mexico. In addition, the company involved in drilling and workover activities located in Argentina. The company was formerly known as Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. and changed its name to Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. in April 2022. Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Mexico City, Mexico.
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