YPF vs. PBF, SUN, CVI, WFRD, RRC, MUSA, SWN, HESM, MTDR, and CHRD
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), Weatherford International (WFRD), Range Resources (RRC), Murphy USA (MUSA), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Hess Midstream (HESM), Matador Resources (MTDR), and Chord Energy (CHRD). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF) and YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, PBF Energy had 8 more articles in the media than YPF Sociedad Anónima. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for PBF Energy and 3 mentions for YPF Sociedad Anónima. YPF Sociedad Anónima's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat PBF Energy's score of 0.12 indicating that PBF Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PBF Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. YPF Sociedad Anónima pays an annual dividend of $0.1380 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. PBF Energy pays out 6.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. YPF Sociedad Anónima pays out -5.4% 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 raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. PBF Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
PBF Energy has a net margin of 4.95% compared to PBF Energy's net margin of -5.78%. PBF Energy's return on equity of 20.70% beat YPF Sociedad Anónima's return on equity.
PBF Energy presently has a consensus target price of $57.27, indicating a potential upside of 16.60%. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a consensus target price of $20.58, indicating a potential downside of 12.89%. Given YPF Sociedad Anónima's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe PBF Energy is more favorable than YPF Sociedad Anónima.
PBF Energy has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, YPF Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
96.3% of PBF Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of YPF Sociedad Anónima shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of PBF Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
PBF Energy received 2 more outperform votes than YPF Sociedad Anónima when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.88% 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 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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