CLNE vs. DK, GPRE, REX, GEVO, UGI, SRE, MPC, PSX, VLO, and PBF
Should you be buying Clean Energy Fuels stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clean Energy Fuels include Delek US (DK), Green Plains (GPRE), REX American Resources (REX), Gevo (GEVO), UGI (UGI), Sempra (SRE), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), and PBF Energy (PBF).
Delek US (NYSE:DK) and Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
Delek US has a net margin of -0.48% compared to Delek US's net margin of -19.98%. Clean Energy Fuels' return on equity of 7.37% beat Delek US's return on equity.
Delek US received 241 more outperform votes than Clean Energy Fuels when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.60% of users gave Delek US an outperform vote while only 53.64% of users gave Clean Energy Fuels an outperform vote.
Delek US has higher revenue and earnings than Clean Energy Fuels. Delek US is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clean Energy Fuels, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Delek US presently has a consensus price target of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.56%. Clean Energy Fuels has a consensus price target of $5.60, suggesting a potential upside of 114.56%. Given Delek US's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Clean Energy Fuels is more favorable than Delek US.
In the previous week, Delek US had 7 more articles in the media than Clean Energy Fuels. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Delek US and 1 mentions for Clean Energy Fuels. Delek US's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Clean Energy Fuels' score of 0.57 indicating that Clean Energy Fuels is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Delek US has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clean Energy Fuels has a beta of 2.15, suggesting that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.0% of Delek US shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of Clean Energy Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Delek US shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Clean Energy Fuels shares are held by 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.
Summary
Clean Energy Fuels beats Delek US on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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