Genesis Energy (GEL) Competitors

South Bow (NYSE:SOBO) and Genesis Energy (NYSE:GEL) 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, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and media sentiment.

Is SOBO or GEL a better dividend stock?

South Bow pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Genesis Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Genesis Energy pays out -89.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is SOBO or GEL more profitable?

South Bow has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Genesis Energy's net margin of -0.09%. 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
South Bow	N/A	N/A	N/A
Genesis Energy	-0.09%	-0.31%	-0.04%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SOBO or GEL?

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 33.33% of users gave South Bow an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
South Bow	Outperform Votes 3 33.33%	Underperform Votes 6 66.67%
Genesis Energy	Outperform Votes 474 65.47%	Underperform Votes 250 34.53%

Do analysts prefer SOBO or GEL?

South Bow presently has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.47%. Genesis Energy has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.02%. Given Genesis Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Genesis Energy is more favorable than South Bow.

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SOBO or GEL?

Genesis Energy has higher revenue and earnings than South Bow.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
South Bow	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Genesis Energy	$3.18B	0.41	$117.72M	-$0.74	-14.22

Does the media prefer SOBO or GEL?

In the previous week, South Bow had 8 more articles in the media than Genesis Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for South Bow and 2 mentions for Genesis Energy. South Bow's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Genesis Energy's score of 0.90 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Genesis Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SOBO or GEL?

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Genesis Energy beats South Bow on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.