GLP vs. JKS, ACDC, RES, WKC, KRP, CEPU, DMLP, AMRC, GEL, and PFHC
Should you be buying Global Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Partners include JinkoSolar (JKS), ProFrac (ACDC), RPC (RES), World Kinect (WKC), Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP), Central Puerto (CEPU), Dorchester Minerals (DMLP), Ameresco (AMRC), Genesis Energy (GEL), and ProFrac (PFHC). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
JinkoSolar (NYSE:JKS) and Global Partners (NYSE:GLP) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
JinkoSolar has higher revenue and earnings than Global Partners. JinkoSolar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
JinkoSolar has a net margin of 2.74% compared to JinkoSolar's net margin of 0.71%. JinkoSolar's return on equity of 18.45% beat Global Partners' return on equity.
Global Partners received 11 more outperform votes than JinkoSolar when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.80% of users gave JinkoSolar an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Global Partners an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Global Partners had 8 more articles in the media than JinkoSolar. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Global Partners and 3 mentions for JinkoSolar. JinkoSolar's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Global Partners' score of 0.79 indicating that Global Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
JinkoSolar currently has a consensus price target of $26.60, suggesting a potential upside of 8.70%. Global Partners has a consensus price target of $44.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.08%. Given Global Partners' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe JinkoSolar is more favorable than Global Partners.
35.8% of JinkoSolar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.1% of Global Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of JinkoSolar shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 41.5% of Global Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
JinkoSolar has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Partners has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
JinkoSolar pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Global Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. JinkoSolar pays out 23.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Partners pays out 105.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Global Partners has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Global Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Global Partners beats JinkoSolar on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GLP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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