BW LPG (BWLP) Competitors

South Bow (NYSE:SOBO) and BW LPG (NYSE:BWLP) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SOBO or BWLP?

South Bow received 3 more outperform votes than BW LPG when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave BW LPG an outperform vote while only 26.67% of users gave South Bow an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
South Bow	Outperform Votes 4 26.67%	Underperform Votes 11 73.33%
BW LPG	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do analysts rate SOBO or BWLP?

South Bow currently has a consensus target price of $25.67, indicating a potential downside of 2.33%. Given South Bow's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe South Bow is more favorable than BW LPG.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
South Bow	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
BW LPG	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SOBO or BWLP?

South Bow has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BW LPG. BW LPG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than South Bow, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
South Bow	$2.12B	2.58	$384.88M	$1.85	14.21
BW LPG	$3.60B	0.43	$350.22M	$2.66	4.38

Is SOBO or BWLP more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
South Bow	N/A	N/A	N/A
BW LPG	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is SOBO or BWLP a better dividend stock?

South Bow pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. BW LPG pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.4%. South Bow pays out 108.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BW LPG pays out 63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BW LPG is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer SOBO or BWLP?

In the previous week, South Bow had 1 more articles in the media than BW LPG. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for South Bow and 7 mentions for BW LPG. South Bow's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat BW LPG's score of 0.15 indicating that South Bow is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
South Bow	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BW LPG	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

South Bow beats BW LPG on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.