Compare · ET vs PAA
ET vs PAA
Side-by-side comparison of Energy Transfer L.P. (ET) and Plains All American Pipeline L.P. (PAA): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- ET operates in Public Utilities, while PAA operates in Energy - the two are in different parts of the market.
- ET is the larger of the two at $72.38B, about 11.0x PAA ($6.58B).
- Over the past year, ET is up 19.6% and PAA is up 42.2% - PAA leads by 22.6 points.
- Both names hit the wire about 8 times in the past 4 weeks.
- PAA has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 19 for ET).
- Company
- Energy Transfer L.P.
- Plains All American Pipeline L.P.
- Price
- $21.03-0.24%
- $24.69-1.16%
- Market cap
- $72.38B
- $6.58B
- 1M return
- +5.63%
- +1.69%
- 1Y return
- +19.59%
- +42.22%
- Industry
- Natural Gas Distribution
- Natural Gas Distribution
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NYSE
- IPO
- 1996
- 1998
- News (4w)
- 8
- 8
- Recent ratings
- 19
- 25
Energy Transfer L.P.
Energy Transfer LP provides energy-related services. The company owns and operates approximately 9,400 miles of natural gas transportation pipelines and three natural gas storage facilities in Texas; and 12,340 miles of interstate natural gas pipelines. It also sells natural gas to electric utilities, independent power plants, local distribution companies, industrial end-users, and other marketing companies. In addition, the company owns and operates natural gas gathering and natural gas liquid (NGL) pipelines, processing plants, and treating and conditioning facilities in Texas, New Mexico, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Louisiana; natural gas gathering, oil pipeline, and oil stabilization facilities in South Texas; and a natural gas gathering system in Ohio, as well as transports and supplies water to natural gas producers in Pennsylvania. Further, it owns approximately 4,823 miles of NGL pipelines; NGL and propane fractionation facilities; NGL storage facilities with working storage capacity of approximately 50 million barrels (MMBbls); and other NGL storage assets and terminals with an aggregate storage capacity of approximately 17 MMBbls. Additionally, the company sells gasoline, middle distillates, and motor fuel at retail, as well as crude oil, NGLs, and refined products; operates convenience stores; and distributes motor fuels and other petroleum products. It provides natural gas compression services; carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide removal, natural gas cooling, dehydration, and British thermal unit management services; and manages coal and natural resources properties, as well as sells standing timber, leases coal-related infrastructure facilities, collects oil and gas royalties, and generates electrical power. The company was formerly known as Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. and changed its name to Energy Transfer LP in October 2018. Energy Transfer LP was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
Plains All American Pipeline L.P.
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 through three segments: Transportation, Facilities, and Supply and Logistics. The Transportation segment transports crude oil and NGL through pipelines, gathering systems, and trucks. As of December 31, 2020, this segment owned and leased 18,370 miles of active crude oil and NGL pipelines and gathering systems; 35 million barrels of active and above-ground tank capacity; and 815 trailers. The Facilities segment provides storage, terminalling, and throughput services for crude oil, NGL, and natural gas; and NGL fractionation and isomerization, and natural gas and condensate processing services. As of December 31, 2020, this segment owned and operated approximately 75 million barrels of crude oil storage capacity; 28 million barrels of NGL storage capacity; 68 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas storage working capacity; 25 Bcf of base gas; five natural gas processing plants; a condensate processing facility; eight fractionation plants; 22 crude oil and NGL rail terminals; five marine facilities; and approximately 330 miles of active pipelines. The Supply and Logistics segment engages in the purchase, logistics, and resale of crude oil and NGL. As of December 31, 2020, this segment owned 16 million barrels of crude oil and NGL linefill; 4 million barrels of crude oil and NGL linefill; 680 trucks and 840 trailers; and 6,000 crude oil and NGL railcars. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Latest ET
- Director Warren Kelcy L bought $21,263,520 worth of Common Units (1,000,000 units at $21.26) (SEC Form 4)
- Director Perry James Richard bought $250,000 worth of Common Units (12,359 units at $20.23), increasing direct ownership by 6% to 208,046 units (SEC Form 4)
- Sunoco Announces Participation in Upcoming Investor Conferences
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Energy Transfer L.P.
- Sunoco LP to Acquire Offen Petroleum
- Energy Transfer L.P. filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Sunoco LP and SunocoCorp LLC Report Strong Second Quarter 2026 Financial and Operating Results
- Energy Transfer Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results and Updates 2026 Financial Guidance
- SEC Form EFFECT filed by Energy Transfer L.P.
- Sunoco LP and SunocoCorp LLC Announce Quarterly Distributions
Latest PAA
- Sr. VP Finance & CAO Herbold Chris converted options into 140,609 units of Common Units and covered exercise/tax liability with 54,241 units of Common Units, increasing direct ownership by 36% to 327,441 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & CFO Swanson Al converted options into 109,165 units of Common Units and covered exercise/tax liability with 42,957 units of Common Units, increasing direct ownership by 11% to 668,109 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP, General Counsel & Sec. Mcgee Richard K. converted options into 109,165 units of Common Units and covered exercise/tax liability with 42,957 units of Common Units, increasing direct ownership by 11% to 672,561 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & CCO Goebel Jeremy L. covered exercise/tax liability with 252,112 units of Common Units, gifted 388,579 units of Common Units, received a gift of 388,579 units of Common Units and converted options into 640,691 units of Common Units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & COO Chandler Chris R. converted options into 640,691 units of Common Units and covered exercise/tax liability with 252,112 units of Common Units, increasing direct ownership by 79% to 882,483 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chairman & CEO Chiang Willie Cw converted options into 346,357 units of Common Units and covered exercise/tax liability with 136,292 units of Common Units, increasing direct ownership by 18% to 1,396,856 units (SEC Form 4)
- Plains All American Pipeline L.P. filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Plains All American Reports Second-Quarter 2026 Results
- Director Ziemba Lawrence Michael sold $51,495 worth of Common Units (2,346 units at $21.95), closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)
- Plains All American's 2025 Schedule K-3 Now Available