PBF vs. CVI, DK, GPRE, REX, CLNE, GEVO, MPC, PSX, VLO, and YPF
Should you be buying PBF Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PBF Energy include CVR Energy (CVI), Delek US (DK), Green Plains (GPRE), REX American Resources (REX), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Gevo (GEVO), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), and YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF).
PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF) and CVR Energy (NYSE:CVI) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
PBF Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. CVR Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. PBF Energy pays out 6.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CVR Energy pays out 30.7% 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.
In the previous week, CVR Energy had 2 more articles in the media than PBF Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for CVR Energy and 2 mentions for PBF Energy. PBF Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat CVR Energy's score of 0.27 indicating that PBF Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PBF Energy received 223 more outperform votes than CVR Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.61% of users gave PBF Energy an outperform vote while only 55.69% of users gave CVR Energy an outperform vote.
PBF Energy has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVR Energy has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PBF Energy presently has a consensus target price of $57.27, indicating a potential upside of 23.62%. CVR Energy has a consensus target price of $31.25, indicating a potential upside of 12.17%. Given PBF Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe PBF Energy is more favorable than CVR Energy.
96.3% of PBF Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of CVR Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of PBF Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of CVR Energy shares are owned by company 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.
PBF Energy has higher revenue and earnings than CVR Energy. PBF Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVR Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CVR Energy has a net margin of 7.44% compared to PBF Energy's net margin of 4.95%. CVR Energy's return on equity of 40.14% beat PBF Energy's return on equity.
Summary
PBF Energy beats CVR Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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