DK vs. PBF, CVI, GPRE, REX, CLNE, GEVO, MPC, PSX, VLO, and SUN
Should you be buying Delek US stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Delek US include PBF Energy (PBF), CVR Energy (CVI), Green Plains (GPRE), REX American Resources (REX), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Gevo (GEVO), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), and Sunoco (SUN).
Delek US (NYSE:DK) and PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
PBF Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Delek US. Delek US is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PBF Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Delek US received 166 more outperform votes than PBF Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.09% of users gave Delek US an outperform vote while only 57.61% of users gave PBF Energy an outperform vote.
97.0% of Delek US shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of PBF Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Delek US shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of PBF Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Delek US presently has a consensus target price of $28.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.94%. PBF Energy has a consensus target price of $57.27, suggesting a potential upside of 23.62%. Given PBF Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PBF Energy is more favorable than Delek US.
Delek US has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PBF Energy has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Delek US pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. PBF Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Delek US pays out -80.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PBF Energy pays out 6.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Delek US is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Delek US had 7 more articles in the media than PBF Energy. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Delek US and 2 mentions for PBF Energy. PBF Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat Delek US's score of -0.28 indicating that PBF Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PBF Energy has a net margin of 4.95% compared to Delek US's net margin of -0.48%. PBF Energy's return on equity of 18.47% beat Delek US's return on equity.
Summary
PBF Energy beats Delek US on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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