DK vs. PBF, CVI, GPRE, REX, CLNE, GEVO, MPC, PSX, VLO, and SUN
Should you be buying Delek US stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Delek US include PBF Energy (PBF), CVR Energy (CVI), Green Plains (GPRE), REX American Resources (REX), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Gevo (GEVO), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), and Sunoco (SUN).
PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF) and Delek US (NYSE:DK) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
PBF Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Delek US. Delek US 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 has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Delek US has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PBF Energy has a net margin of 4.95% compared to PBF Energy's net margin of -0.48%. Delek US's return on equity of 18.47% beat PBF Energy's return on equity.
PBF Energy presently has a consensus price target of $56.82, suggesting a potential upside of 24.60%. Delek US has a consensus price target of $27.90, suggesting a potential upside of 14.30%. Given Delek US's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe PBF Energy is more favorable than Delek US.
In the previous week, PBF Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Delek US. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for PBF Energy and 11 mentions for Delek US. Delek US's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat PBF Energy's score of 0.88 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, 97.0% of Delek US shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of PBF Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Delek US 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.
PBF Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Delek US pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. PBF Energy pays out 6.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Delek US pays out -80.6% 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. PBF Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Delek US has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Delek US is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Delek US received 165 more outperform votes than PBF Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.97% of users gave Delek US an outperform vote while only 57.66% of users gave PBF Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
PBF Energy beats Delek US on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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