Genesis Energy (GEL) Competitors

Genesis Energy (NYSE:GEL) and South Bow (NYSE:SOBO) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GEL or SOBO?

South Bow has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Genesis Energy. Genesis Energy 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
Genesis Energy	$2.97B	0.55	-$63.95M	-$1.24	-10.65
South Bow	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.85	14.27

Is GEL or SOBO a better dividend stock?

Genesis Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. South Bow pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Genesis Energy pays out -53.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GEL or SOBO?

66.8% of Genesis Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Genesis Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer GEL or SOBO?

In the previous week, Genesis Energy had 6 more articles in the media than South Bow. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Genesis Energy and 5 mentions for South Bow. Genesis Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat South Bow's score of 0.16 indicating that Genesis Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Genesis Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
South Bow	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is GEL or SOBO more profitable?

South Bow has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Genesis Energy's net margin of -2.16%. South Bow's return on equity of 0.00% beat Genesis Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genesis Energy	-2.16%	-7.71%	-0.92%
South Bow	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer GEL or SOBO?

Genesis Energy presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.12%. South Bow has a consensus target price of $25.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.39%. Given Genesis Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Genesis Energy is more favorable than South Bow.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Genesis Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
South Bow	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GEL or SOBO?

Genesis Energy received 471 more outperform votes than South Bow when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.47% of users gave Genesis Energy an outperform vote while only 30.00% of users gave South Bow an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Genesis Energy	Outperform Votes 474 65.47%	Underperform Votes 250 34.53%
South Bow	Outperform Votes 3 30.00%	Underperform Votes 7 70.00%

Summary

Genesis Energy beats South Bow on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.