YPF vs. PBF, SUN, CVI, DK, CLMT, VTNR, BPT, XOM, CVX, and COP
Should you be buying YPF Sociedad Anónima stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of YPF Sociedad Anónima include PBF Energy (PBF), Sunoco (SUN), CVR Energy (CVI), Delek US (DK), Calumet Specialty Products Partners (CLMT), Vertex Energy (VTNR), BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), and ConocoPhillips (COP). These companies are all part of the "petroleum refining" industry.
PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF) and YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
PBF Energy has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, YPF Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.95, suggesting that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PBF Energy received 2 more outperform votes than YPF Sociedad Anónima when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.62% of users gave YPF Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote while only 57.66% of users gave PBF Energy an outperform vote.
PBF Energy has higher revenue and earnings than YPF Sociedad Anónima. YPF Sociedad Anónima is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PBF Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PBF Energy presently has a consensus price target of $56.82, indicating a potential upside of 24.60%. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a consensus price target of $21.73, indicating a potential upside of 5.96%. Given YPF Sociedad Anónima's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe PBF Energy is more favorable than YPF Sociedad Anónima.
PBF Energy has a net margin of 4.95% compared to PBF Energy's net margin of -5.78%. PBF Energy's return on equity of 20.70% beat YPF Sociedad Anónima's return on equity.
In the previous week, PBF Energy had 10 more articles in the media than YPF Sociedad Anónima. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for PBF Energy and 6 mentions for YPF Sociedad Anónima. YPF Sociedad Anónima's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat PBF Energy's score of 0.97 indicating that PBF Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
96.3% of PBF Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of YPF Sociedad Anónima shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of PBF Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
PBF Energy beats YPF Sociedad Anónima on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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