Dorian LPG (NYSE:LPG – Get Free Report) and Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Dorian LPG and Enterprise Products Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Dorian LPG | 55.00% | 25.69% | 15.87% |
| Enterprise Products Partners | 10.79% | 20.67% | 7.93% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
62.5% of Dorian LPG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.1% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.5% of Dorian LPG shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.6% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Dorian LPG and Enterprise Products Partners, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Dorian LPG | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Enterprise Products Partners | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2.33 |
Dorian LPG presently has a consensus price target of $55.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.11%. Enterprise Products Partners has a consensus price target of $40.12, indicating a potential upside of 5.42%. Given Enterprise Products Partners’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Enterprise Products Partners is more favorable than Dorian LPG.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Dorian LPG and Enterprise Products Partners”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Dorian LPG | $481.51 million | 4.79 | $193.67 million | $7.55 | 7.13 |
| Enterprise Products Partners | $52.60 billion | 1.56 | $5.81 billion | $2.88 | 13.21 |
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.
Risk and Volatility
Dorian LPG has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Products Partners has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Dorian LPG beats Enterprise Products Partners on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
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