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).
Delek US (NYSE:DK) and PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
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 net margin of 4.95% compared to Delek US's net margin of -0.48%. PBF Energy's return on equity of 18.47% beat Delek US's return on equity.
In the previous week, Delek US had 12 more articles in the media than PBF Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Delek US and 1 mentions for PBF Energy. PBF Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Delek US's score of -0.19 indicating that PBF Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Delek US has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PBF Energy has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Delek US received 166 more outperform votes than PBF Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.09% of users gave Delek US an outperform vote while only 57.61% of users gave PBF Energy an outperform vote.
Delek US pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. PBF Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Delek US pays out -80.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PBF Energy pays out 6.9% 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. Delek US is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Delek US presently has a consensus price target of $28.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.97%. PBF Energy has a consensus price target of $57.27, indicating a potential upside of 16.27%. Given PBF Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PBF Energy is more favorable than Delek US.
97.0% of Delek US shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of PBF Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Delek US shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of PBF Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
PBF Energy beats Delek US on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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