Core Insights - Plains All American Pipeline is compared to its competitors in the "Pipelines, Except Natural Gas" industry, highlighting its relative strengths and weaknesses in various financial metrics and analyst recommendations [1][10] Analyst Recommendations - Plains All American Pipeline has received 0 sell ratings, 0 hold ratings, 1 buy rating, and 1 strong buy rating, resulting in a rating score of 3.50, which is higher than the industry average score of 2.51 [2] Profitability - Plains All American Pipeline's net margin is 2.42%, return on equity is 11.04%, and return on assets is 4.41%. In comparison, its competitors have net margins of 32.45%, return on equity of 36.20%, and return on assets of 10.59% [4] Valuation & Earnings - Plains All American Pipeline reported gross revenue of $50.07 billion and net income of $772 million, with a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.05. Competitors have lower gross revenue of $10.13 billion and net income of $374.42 million, with a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 16.04, indicating that Plains All American Pipeline is more affordable [6] Volatility & Risk - Plains All American Pipeline has a beta of 0.59, indicating its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500, while competitors have a beta of 0.95, suggesting they are 5% less volatile than the S&P 500 [7] Dividends - The company pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share, resulting in a dividend yield of 8.3%. However, it pays out 125.6% of its earnings as dividends, indicating potential sustainability issues compared to the industry average dividend yield of 7.6% and payout ratio of 112.0% [8] Institutional and Insider Ownership - Institutional investors hold 41.8% of Plains All American Pipeline shares, while the industry average is 47.7%. Insider ownership is at 0.9%, compared to the industry average of 2.9%, suggesting lower confidence from insiders [9]