Yahoo Finance Here's Why You Should Add Plains All American Pipeline Now
Estimates for Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. PAA have been revised upward over the past 60 days, reflecting analysts’ optimism in the stock. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2018 and 2019 earnings have moved up 7% and 8% to $1.52 and $1.88, respectively.
Plains All American Pipeline is a master limited partnership based in Houston, TX. It is involved in the transportation, storage, terminalling and marketing of crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGL) and refined products in the United States and Canada.
Let’s discuss the factors that make Plains All American Pipeline an attractive pick.
Price Performance
Year to date, units of Plains All American have gained 11.5% compared with the industry’s rise of 0.2%.
Growth Initiatives
The partnership is maintaining a systematic capital investment strategy to expand operations. The partnership projects 2018 capital expansion at $1.4 billion and aims to fund the capital expenditure through retained cash flow and targeted asset sales in 2018.
The partnership is expanding operations in the Permian Basin to capitalize on improving demand. More than 80% of itss planned capital expenditure for 2018 and 2019 is focused on this region.
Growth Projections
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings is pegged at $1.52, reflecting a year-over-year surge of 61.7%.
For 2019, the consensus estimate for earnings is pegged at $1.88, showing a rise of 23.7% year over year.
VGM Score
The stock carries an impressive VGM Score of A. Here V stands for Value, G for Growth and M for Momentum with the score being a weighted combination of all three factors. Backtested results show that stocks with a favorable VGM Score of A or B coupled with a bullish Zacks Rank offer the best investment bets.
Zacks Rank & Other Key Picks
Plains All American Pipeline sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Investors can consider other top-ranked stocks from the same sector such as Devon Energy DVN, Murphy Oil Corporation MUR and Cheniere Energy, Inc LNG. Murphy Oil and Cheniere Energy sport a Zacks Rank #1. Devon Energy carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
Devon Energy delivered a positive earnings surprise of 5.26% in the last earnings report. Its 2018 estimates have surged 31.6% to $1.83 in the last 60 days.
Murphy Oil delivered a positive earnings surprise of 4.55% in the last earnings report. Its 2018 estimates have increased 34.4% to $1.64 in the last 60 days.
Cheniere Energy delivered a positive earnings surprise of 90.32% in the last earnings report. Its 2018 estimates have moved up 2.1% to $1.93 in the last 60 days.
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