PBF vs. CVI, DK, SUN, ENLC, AM, DTM, VNOM, MUR, ETRN, and KNTK
Should you be buying PBF Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PBF Energy include CVR Energy (CVI), Delek US (DK), Sunoco (SUN), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Antero Midstream (AM), DT Midstream (DTM), Viper Energy (VNOM), Murphy Oil (MUR), Equitrans Midstream (ETRN), and Kinetik (KNTK). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF) and CVR Energy (NYSE:CVI) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
PBF Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. CVR Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. PBF Energy pays out 6.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CVR Energy pays out 26.1% 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 higher revenue and earnings than CVR Energy. PBF Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVR Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CVR Energy has a net margin of 7.44% compared to PBF Energy's net margin of 5.59%. CVR Energy's return on equity of 40.24% beat PBF Energy's return on equity.
PBF Energy currently has a consensus target price of $57.55, indicating a potential upside of 10.28%. CVR Energy has a consensus target price of $31.33, indicating a potential upside of 6.72%. Given PBF Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe PBF Energy is more favorable than CVR Energy.
PBF Energy received 224 more outperform votes than CVR Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.76% of users gave PBF Energy an outperform vote while only 55.85% of users gave CVR Energy an outperform vote.
96.3% of PBF Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of CVR Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of PBF Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of CVR Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, CVR Energy had 11 more articles in the media than PBF Energy. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for CVR Energy and 5 mentions for PBF Energy. PBF Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat CVR Energy's score of 0.45 indicating that PBF Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PBF Energy has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVR Energy has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
PBF Energy beats CVR Energy on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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