Stocks · Energy · Oil & Gas Midstream

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. PAA

$23.75 +0.21% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $16.76B

Inexpensive vs sectorLow risk

Next earnings report: Nov 6, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.61, up 299.7% year over year.
  2. The shares trade at 6.6× trailing earnings, lower than 95% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
  3. The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 196 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth75Positive

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 46%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 9%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 47%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 30%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 11%
Quality11Very weak

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 46%
  • Gross marginBottom 8%
  • Operating marginBottom 23%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 19%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 15%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 34%
  • Interest coverBottom 36%
Value99Exceptional

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 6%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 8%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 40%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 5%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 6%
Momentum79Positive

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 28%
  • 6-month returnTop 23%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 27%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 19%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 32%
Revisions40Weak

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 41%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 31%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 49%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 22%
Stability88Strong

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 9%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 11%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 29%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 34%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)-9.5%9.2%↑
EPS growth (YoY)42.5%299.7%↑
Gross margin28.4%4.5%↓
Operating margin2.5%2.9%↑
FCF margin4.4%4.5%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)9.2%-9.5%↑Bottom 46%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)299.7%42.5%↑Top 9%
Gross margin4.5%28.4%↓Bottom 8%
Operating margin2.9%2.5%↑Bottom 23%
Net margin5.3%1.9%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin4.5%4.4%↑—
Return on invested capital6.0%—Bottom 46%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-8.3%—Bottom 30%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.08×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-0.7%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+38.6 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
2.46×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
2.4×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
6.71%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.00%
Shareholder yield
6.71%
Share count change, 1 year
+0.4%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+0.4%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
2
Beats in the last 8 reports
6 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+2.1%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-2.1%
Positive 20 days after report
6 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$26.22
Target vs current price
+10.4%
Analysts with a rating
42
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
57%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 7, 2026+7.4%-3.0%-0.3%+8.5%—
May 8, 2026+6.2%-1.7%+1.8%+2.3%+6.6%
Feb 6, 2026-14.9%-2.9%-1.0%+10.6%+13.4%
Nov 5, 2025+9.9%-0.4%+1.8%+7.8%+16.9%
Aug 8, 2025+11.0%-0.1%-1.0%-3.6%-7.9%
May 9, 2025-10.5%-3.0%+2.0%+3.0%+4.8%
Feb 7, 2025+5.0%-3.0%-2.3%-3.3%-19.2%
Nov 8, 2024+19.3%-2.8%-3.6%+2.2%+12.5%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 7, 2026$0.41$0.38+7.4%$17.69B
May 8, 2026$0.39$0.37+6.2%$12.47B
Feb 6, 2026$0.40$0.47-14.9%$10.56B
Nov 5, 2025$0.39$0.36+9.9%$11.58B
Aug 8, 2025$0.36$0.32+11.0%$10.64B
May 9, 2025$0.39$0.44-10.5%$12.01B
Feb 7, 2025$0.42$0.40+5.0%$12.40B
Nov 8, 2024$0.37$0.31+19.3%$12.74B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)6.6×15.1×5thTop 6%
P/E (forward)14.9×———
EV / EBITDA7.9×——Top 40%
EV / Sales0.47×——Top 5%
Free-cash-flow yield14.17%——Top 8%
Earnings yield15.20%——Top 6%

P/E over the past five years

Range 6.4× – 136.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+39.4%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+299.7%
Change in P/E multiple
-67.4%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✓ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
196
50-day average slope (20 days)
+3.1%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+3.6%
Distance from 50-day average
-3.6%
Distance from 200-day average
+7.5%
RSI (14)
34.1
Relative volume
0.78×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
21.4%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
36th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.25
Correlation with S&P 500
0.14
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-9.0%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-24.4%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Jun 14, 2021Dec 20, 2021-28.7%132 days171 days (Aug 25, 2022)
Jan 30, 2025Oct 10, 2025-24.4%175 days96 days (Mar 2, 2026)
Jan 14, 2021Feb 18, 2021-22.2%23 days69 days (May 27, 2021)
Sep 14, 2022Sep 26, 2022-17.6%8 days28 days (Nov 3, 2022)
Dec 4, 2020Jan 4, 2021-15.3%19 days6 days (Jan 12, 2021)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$16.76B
P/E (TTM)
6.6
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$3.61
Revenue (TTM)
$52.22B
Dividend yield
8.63%
52-week range
$15.69 – $26.39
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$42.08B$57.34B$48.71B$50.07B$44.26B
Gross profit$1.74B$1.89B$2.76B$1.72B$2.67B
Operating income$851.0M$1.29B$1.51B$1.18B$1.43B
Net income$593.0M$1.04B$1.23B$772.0M$1.44B
EPS (diluted)$0.55$1.19$1.40$0.73$1.66
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$12.74B$12.40B$12.01B$10.64B$11.58B$10.56B$12.38B$17.69B
Net income$220.0M$36.0M$443.0M$210.0M$441.0M$342.0M$152.0M$1.83B
EPS (diluted)$0.22-$0.04$0.49$0.23$0.55$0.41$0.14$2.51
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$2.00B$2.41B$2.73B$2.49B$2.94B
Capital expenditure-$336.0M-$455.0M-$559.0M-$619.0M-$643.0M
Free cash flow$1.66B$1.95B$2.17B$1.87B$2.29B
Dividends paid-$517.0M-$584.0M-$748.0M-$891.0M-$1.07B
Net share buybacks-$178.0M-$74.0M$0$0-$341.0M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$1.06B
Total assets
$29.22B
Total liabilities
$14.93B
Total debt
$8.63B
Net debt
$7.58B
Shareholders’ equity
$11.08B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Oct 30, 2026$0.42Nov 13, 2026
Jul 31, 2026$0.42Aug 14, 2026
May 1, 2026$0.42May 15, 2026
Jan 30, 2026$0.42Feb 13, 2026
Oct 31, 2025$0.38Nov 14, 2025
Jul 31, 2025$0.38Aug 14, 2025
May 1, 2025$0.38May 15, 2025
Jan 31, 2025$0.38Feb 14, 2025

Short interest

Shares sold short
18,291,673
Days to cover
6.57
Change vs previous report
+16.1%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Oct 2, 2012
2-for-1