Plains All American Pipeline, L (PAA) Stock Analysis
Energy · Oil & Gas Midstream
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $22.47: Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.7/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality.
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 two segments, Crude Oil and NGL.... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $22.47: Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.7/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.7/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 54d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-13Recent Developments — Plains All American Pipeline, L
Latest news
- NEWS Mizuho Maintains Outperform on Plains All American, Raises Price Target to $27 — benzinga Jun 8, 2026 positive
- NEWS Goldman Sachs Upgrades Plains All American to Neutral, Raises Price Target to $24 — benzinga Jun 4, 2026 positive
- NEWS Morgan Stanley Maintains Equal-Weight on Plains All American, Raises Price Target to $25 — benzinga May 20, 2026 positive
- NEWS Citigroup Maintains Neutral on Plains All American, Raises Price Target to $22 — benzinga May 14, 2026 positive
- NEWS Scotiabank Maintains Sector Outperform on Plains All American, Raises Price Target to $24 — benzinga May 12, 2026 positive
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2 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $22.47: Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.7/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $21.69. Score 5.7/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $23.77 (+5.9% upside). Prior stop was $21.69. Stop-loss: $21.69.
Target reached (-5.3% upside); Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0); Value-trap signals (2/5): Margin compression (op margin 3.3%), Material insider selling (4 sells, 0.22% of cap).
Plains All American Pipeline, L trades at a P/E of 20.2 (forward 11.3). TrendMatrix value score: 7.3/10. Verdict: Sell.
24 analysts cover PAA with a consensus score of 3.6/5. Average price target: $24.
What does Plains All American Pipeline, L do?Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., through its subsidiaries, engages in the pipeline transportation, terminalling,...
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 two segments, Crude Oil and NGL. The Crude Oil segment offers gathering and transporting crude oil through pipelines, trucks, and on barges or railcars. This segment provides terminalling, storage, and other related services, as well as merchant activities. The NGL segment is involved in natural gas processing and NGL fractionation, storage, transportation, and terminaling. This segment also includes ethane, propane, normal butane, iso-butane, and natural gasoline derived from natural gas production and processing activities, as well as crude oil refining processes. Its NGL components are used for various applications, such as heating, engine, and industrial fuels. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. operates as a subsidiary of Plains GP Holdings, L.P.