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.
YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) and PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
PBF Energy has a net margin of 4.95% compared to YPF Sociedad Anónima's net margin of -5.78%. YPF Sociedad Anónima's return on equity of 20.70% beat PBF Energy's return on equity.
YPF Sociedad Anónima currently has a consensus price target of $21.73, indicating a potential downside of 7.48%. PBF Energy has a consensus price target of $57.27, indicating a potential upside of 26.40%. Given PBF Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PBF Energy is more favorable than YPF Sociedad Anónima.
YPF Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PBF Energy has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, YPF Sociedad Anónima had 4 more articles in the media than PBF Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for YPF Sociedad Anónima and 1 mentions for PBF Energy. PBF Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat YPF Sociedad Anónima's score of 0.40 indicating that PBF Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
10.1% of YPF Sociedad Anónima shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of PBF Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of PBF Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PBF Energy received 1 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 57.61% 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.
Summary
PBF Energy beats YPF Sociedad Anónima on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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