Sanchez Midstream Partners LP (NYSEAMERICAN:SNMP) and QEP Resources Inc. (NYSE:QEP), both competing one another are Oil & Gas Pipelines companies. We will contrast their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and valuation, institutional ownership.

Earnings & Valuation

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sanchez Midstream Partners LP	82.51M	0.52	23.59M	-2.58	0.00
QEP Resources Inc.	1.93B	0.99	1.01B	-4.27	0.00

Table 1 highlights Sanchez Midstream Partners LP and QEP Resources Inc.’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Profitability

Table 2 shows the return on assets, return on equity and net margins of the two firms.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sanchez Midstream Partners LP	-28.59%	78.9%	-7.6%
QEP Resources Inc.	-52.33%	-30.7%	-14.3%

Risk and Volatility

A beta of 0.95 shows that Sanchez Midstream Partners LP is 5.00% less volatile than Standard & Poor’s 500. Competitively, QEP Resources Inc.’s beta is 2.15 which is 115.00% more volatile than Standard & Poor’s 500.

Dividends

Sanchez Midstream Partners LP shareholders receive an annual dividend of $1.2 per share which is subject to 48.47% dividend yield. QEP Resources Inc. does not pay a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

In next table is shown Sanchez Midstream Partners LP and QEP Resources Inc.’s ratings and recommendations.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sanchez Midstream Partners LP	0	0	0	0.00
QEP Resources Inc.	0	5	1	2.17

QEP Resources Inc. on the other hand boasts of a $11.06 average target price and a 37.22% potential upside.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

The shares of both Sanchez Midstream Partners LP and QEP Resources Inc. are owned by institutional investors at 27.1% and 0% respectively. Insiders owned roughly 22.54% of Sanchez Midstream Partners LP’s shares. Competitively, 0.7% are QEP Resources Inc.’s share owned by insiders.

Performance

Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.

	Performance (W)	Performance (M)	Performance (Q)	Performance (HY)	Performance (Y)	Performance (YTD)
Sanchez Midstream Partners LP	-12.74%	18.1%	0.74%	-70.85%	-75.64%	59.3%
QEP Resources Inc.	-0.12%	-2.3%	-5.72%	-20.16%	-15.39%	43.52%

For the past year Sanchez Midstream Partners LP has stronger performance than QEP Resources Inc.

Summary

On 8 of the 11 factors Sanchez Midstream Partners LP beats QEP Resources Inc.

QEP Resources, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a natural gas and crude oil exploration and production company in the United States. The company conducts exploration and production activities in the Williston Basin in North Dakota, Permian Basin in western Texas; Pinedale Anticline in western Wyoming; Uinta Basin in eastern Utah; Haynesville/Cotton Valley in northwestern Louisiana; and other proven properties in Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado. As of December 31, 2016, it had estimated proved reserves of 731.4 MMboe. The company sells its gas, oil, and natural gas liquids (NGL) to various customers, including wholesale marketers, industrial users, local distribution companies, utilities, and other companies. In addition, it operates an underground gas storage facility. QEP Resources, Inc. is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.