DK vs. APA, CVI, DINO, MGY, MPC, MUR, PARR, PBF, PSX, and VLO
Should you be buying Delek US stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Delek US include APA (APA), CVR Energy (CVI), HF Sinclair (DINO), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Murphy Oil (MUR), Par Pacific (PARR), PBF Energy (PBF), Phillips 66 (PSX), and Valero Energy (VLO). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Delek US vs. Its Competitors
APA (NASDAQ:APA) and Delek US (NYSE:DK) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.
APA has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Delek US has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Delek US pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. APA pays out 36.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Delek US pays out -9.2% 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 has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
83.0% of APA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Delek US shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of APA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Delek US shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
APA has a net margin of 9.75% compared to Delek US's net margin of -6.10%. APA's return on equity of 23.22% beat Delek US's return on equity.
APA currently has a consensus target price of $24.83, indicating a potential upside of 27.94%. Delek US has a consensus target price of $17.60, indicating a potential downside of 25.78%. Given APA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe APA is more favorable than Delek US.
APA has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Delek US. Delek US is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than APA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, APA had 22 more articles in the media than Delek US. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for APA and 2 mentions for Delek US. Delek US's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat APA's score of 0.73 indicating that Delek US is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
APA beats Delek US on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DK) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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