GPRE vs. WLKP, CDXS, FF, CVI, DK, REX, CLNE, GEVO, MPC, and PSX
Should you be buying Green Plains stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Green Plains include Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), Codexis (CDXS), FutureFuel (FF), CVR Energy (CVI), Delek US (DK), REX American Resources (REX), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Gevo (GEVO), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), and Phillips 66 (PSX).
Green Plains (NASDAQ:GPRE) and Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
Green Plains received 116 more outperform votes than Westlake Chemical Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.07% of users gave Westlake Chemical Partners an outperform vote while only 64.22% of users gave Green Plains an outperform vote.
Westlake Chemical Partners has a net margin of 4.64% compared to Green Plains' net margin of -2.43%. Westlake Chemical Partners' return on equity of 6.32% beat Green Plains' return on equity.
Westlake Chemical Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Green Plains. Green Plains is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westlake Chemical Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Green Plains has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westlake Chemical Partners has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
78.3% of Westlake Chemical Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Green Plains shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Westlake Chemical Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Green Plains had 2 more articles in the media than Westlake Chemical Partners. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Green Plains and 4 mentions for Westlake Chemical Partners. Westlake Chemical Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Green Plains' score of 0.79 indicating that Westlake Chemical Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Green Plains presently has a consensus price target of $30.38, indicating a potential upside of 79.10%. Given Green Plains' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Green Plains is more favorable than Westlake Chemical Partners.
Summary
Westlake Chemical Partners beats Green Plains on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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