GPRE vs. DK, REX, CLNE, GEVO, PSX, MPC, VLO, PBF, CVI, and WLKP
Should you be buying Green Plains stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Green Plains include Delek US (DK), REX American Resources (REX), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Gevo (GEVO), Phillips 66 (PSX), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Valero Energy (VLO), PBF Energy (PBF), CVR Energy (CVI), and Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP).
Green Plains vs.
Delek US (NYSE:DK) and Green Plains (NASDAQ:GPRE) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
In the previous week, Delek US had 20 more articles in the media than Green Plains. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Delek US and 6 mentions for Green Plains. Green Plains' average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Delek US's score of -0.14 indicating that Green Plains is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Delek US has a net margin of -2.27% compared to Green Plains' net margin of -3.36%. Green Plains' return on equity of -11.88% beat Delek US's return on equity.
Delek US currently has a consensus price target of $20.90, indicating a potential upside of 31.86%. Green Plains has a consensus price target of $22.56, indicating a potential upside of 290.42%. Given Green Plains' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Green Plains is more favorable than Delek US.
Delek US has higher revenue and earnings than Green Plains. Green Plains is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Delek US, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Delek US pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Green Plains pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Delek US pays out -11.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Green Plains pays out -35.3% 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. Green Plains is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Delek US has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Green Plains has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Delek US received 225 more outperform votes than Green Plains when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.64% of users gave Green Plains an outperform vote while only 60.52% of users gave Delek US an outperform vote.
97.0% of Delek US shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Delek US shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Green Plains shares are held by company 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.
Summary
Green Plains beats Delek US on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:GPRE) was last updated on 3/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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