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GEL vs PAA

Genesis Energy LP and Plains ALL American Pipeline LP, side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.

At a glance

Most recent reported year

GEL vs PAA, at a glance
Metric GEL PAA
Revenue$1.6B$44.3B
Net income$-440.4M$1.4B
Gross margin·8.7%
Net margin−24.1%4.0%
Return on equity··
Diluted EPS−$4.19·
Dividend / share··
Payout ratio··
Free cash flow$65.9M$2.3B
Equity··
Net debt / equity··
Current ratio0.98×0.96×
Revenue CAGR 5y−2.2%13.7%
Profit CAGR 5y··

PAA bills 27.1× the revenue of GEL, and GEL closed the last reported year at a loss.

The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner. "·" marks a figure not available in our data.

Revenue by year

10 years side by side

GEL vs PAA, revenue by year
Fiscal year GEL PAA
FY2025$1.6B$44.3B
FY2024$1.7B$48.9B
FY2023$1.7B$47.3B
FY2022$2.8B$57.3B
FY2021$2.1B$42.1B
FY2020$1.8B$23.3B
FY2019$2.5B$33.7B
FY2018$2.9B$34.1B
FY2017$2.0B$26.2B
FY2016$1.7B$20.2B
Net income by year

Bottom line

GEL vs PAA, net income by year
Fiscal year GEL PAA
FY2025$-440.4M$1.4B
FY2024$-63.9M$772.0M
FY2023$117.7M$1.2B
FY2022$75.5M$1.0B
FY2021$-165.1M$593.0M
FY2020$-416.7M$-2.6B
FY2019$96.0M$2.2B
FY2018$-6.1M$2.2B
FY2017$82.6M$856.0M
FY2016$113.2M$726.0M
Revenue gap over time

17 fiscal years

Revenue gap over time
Fiscal year Difference Ahead
FY2025−$42,631,585,000PAA
FY2024−$47,228,166,000PAA
FY2023−$45,614,677,000PAA
FY2022−$54,553,043,000PAA
FY2021−$39,952,524,000PAA
FY2020−$21,465,345,000PAA
FY2019−$31,188,180,000PAA
FY2018−$31,142,230,000PAA
FY2017−$24,194,623,000PAA
FY2016−$18,469,507,000PAA
FY2015−$20,905,471,000PAA
FY2014−$39,617,836,000PAA
FY2013−$38,114,170,000PAA
FY2012−$34,429,639,000PAA
FY2011−$31,837,203,000PAA
FY2010−$23,791,676,000PAA
FY2009−$17,084,640,000PAA

PAA has reported the higher revenue in every one of these 17 fiscal years. The gap has widened since the earliest year compared.

17 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Net margin gap over time

11 fiscal years

Net margin gap over time
Fiscal year Difference Ahead
FY2025−28.1 ppPAA
FY2024−4.3 ppPAA
FY2023+5.3 ppGEL
FY2021−8.0 ppPAA
FY2020−10.9 ppPAA
FY2019−2.4 ppPAA
FY2018−6.9 ppPAA
FY2017+0.8 ppGEL
FY2016+2.9 ppGEL
FY2015+14.9 ppGEL
FY2009−2.7 ppPAA

The higher net margin has changed hands between GEL and PAA over this period.

11 of 18 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Net margin volatility

Standard deviation, each side

GEL's net margin has been more volatile than PAA's over the 11 comparable fiscal years — 12.0 percentage points of standard deviation against 4.5.

11 of 18 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Who led in net margin

Year by year

The lead in net margin changed hands between GEL and PAA over these 11 fiscal years — GEL led in 4 and PAA in 7.

11 of 18 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

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