DK vs. PBF, CVI, REX, CLNE, GPRE, GEVO, PSX, MPC, VLO, and CLMT
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), REX American Resources (REX), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Green Plains (GPRE), Gevo (GEVO), Phillips 66 (PSX), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Valero Energy (VLO), and Calumet Specialty Products Partners (CLMT).
Delek US vs.
PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF) and Delek US (NYSE:DK) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
96.3% of PBF Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Delek US shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of PBF Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Delek US shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PBF Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Delek US pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. PBF Energy pays out -23.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Delek US pays out -11.5% 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.
PBF Energy has a net margin of -1.61% compared to Delek US's net margin of -2.27%. PBF Energy's return on equity of -7.40% beat Delek US's return on equity.
Delek US received 162 more outperform votes than PBF Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.35% of users gave Delek US an outperform vote while only 55.46% of users gave PBF Energy an outperform vote.
PBF Energy has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Delek US has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Delek US had 7 more articles in the media than PBF Energy. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Delek US and 15 mentions for PBF Energy. PBF Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Delek US's score of 0.48 indicating that PBF Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Delek US has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PBF Energy. PBF Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Delek US, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PBF Energy presently has a consensus target price of $26.36, suggesting a potential upside of 36.40%. Delek US has a consensus target price of $20.40, suggesting a potential upside of 26.86%. Given PBF Energy's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe PBF Energy is more favorable than Delek US.
Summary
PBF Energy beats Delek US on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DK) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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