SPH vs. CLMT, NRP, DMLP, SHLS, JKS, PFHC, PUMP, CSIQ, PDS, and REX
Should you be buying Suburban Propane Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Suburban Propane Partners include Calumet Specialty Products Partners (CLMT), Natural Resource Partners (NRP), Dorchester Minerals (DMLP), Shoals Technologies Group (SHLS), JinkoSolar (JKS), ProFrac (PFHC), ProPetro (PUMP), Canadian Solar (CSIQ), Precision Drilling (PDS), and REX American Resources (REX). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Suburban Propane Partners (NYSE:SPH) and Calumet Specialty Products Partners (NASDAQ:CLMT) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
Calumet Specialty Products Partners received 1 more outperform votes than Suburban Propane Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.25% of users gave Suburban Propane Partners an outperform vote while only 50.08% of users gave Calumet Specialty Products Partners an outperform vote.
Suburban Propane Partners presently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential downside of 12.51%. Calumet Specialty Products Partners has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.19%. Given Calumet Specialty Products Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Calumet Specialty Products Partners is more favorable than Suburban Propane Partners.
Suburban Propane Partners has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calumet Specialty Products Partners has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
30.9% of Suburban Propane Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of Calumet Specialty Products Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Suburban Propane Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Calumet Specialty Products Partners shares are owned 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.
Suburban Propane Partners has a net margin of 8.02% compared to Calumet Specialty Products Partners' net margin of -0.10%. Suburban Propane Partners' return on equity of 18.91% beat Calumet Specialty Products Partners' return on equity.
Suburban Propane Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Calumet Specialty Products Partners. Calumet Specialty Products Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Suburban Propane Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Suburban Propane Partners had 2 more articles in the media than Calumet Specialty Products Partners. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Suburban Propane Partners and 5 mentions for Calumet Specialty Products Partners. Calumet Specialty Products Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Suburban Propane Partners' score of 0.52 indicating that Calumet Specialty Products Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Suburban Propane Partners and Calumet Specialty Products Partners tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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