Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG) Competitors

Covenant Logistics Group (NASDAQ:CVLG) and Delek Logistics Partners (NYSE:DKL) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Do analysts prefer CVLG or DKL?

Covenant Logistics Group presently has a consensus target price of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 66.22%. Delek Logistics Partners has a consensus target price of $44.25, suggesting a potential upside of 13.72%. Given Covenant Logistics Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Covenant Logistics Group is more favorable than Delek Logistics Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Covenant Logistics Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Delek Logistics Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CVLG or DKL?

Delek Logistics Partners received 322 more outperform votes than Covenant Logistics Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.52% of users gave Delek Logistics Partners an outperform vote while only 45.00% of users gave Covenant Logistics Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Covenant Logistics Group	Outperform Votes 18 45.00%	Underperform Votes 22 55.00%
Delek Logistics Partners	Outperform Votes 340 58.52%	Underperform Votes 241 41.48%

Which has more volatility & risk, CVLG or DKL?

Covenant Logistics Group has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Delek Logistics Partners has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CVLG or DKL more profitable?

Delek Logistics Partners has a net margin of 13.15% compared to Covenant Logistics Group's net margin of 3.17%. Covenant Logistics Group's return on equity of 13.04% beat Delek Logistics Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Covenant Logistics Group	3.17%	13.04%	5.56%
Delek Logistics Partners	13.15%	-155.77%	8.39%

Which has better earnings and valuation, CVLG or DKL?

Delek Logistics Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Covenant Logistics Group. Delek Logistics Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Covenant Logistics Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Covenant Logistics Group	$1.12B	0.47	$35.92M	$1.39	14.28
Delek Logistics Partners	$940.64M	2.22	$126.24M	$2.99	13.01

Does the media refer more to CVLG or DKL?

In the previous week, Covenant Logistics Group had 2 more articles in the media than Delek Logistics Partners. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Covenant Logistics Group and 7 mentions for Delek Logistics Partners. Delek Logistics Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Covenant Logistics Group's score of 0.52 indicating that Delek Logistics Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Covenant Logistics Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Delek Logistics Partners	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CVLG or DKL a better dividend stock?

Covenant Logistics Group pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Delek Logistics Partners pays an annual dividend of $4.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Covenant Logistics Group pays out 20.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Delek Logistics Partners pays out 147.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CVLG or DKL?

83.7% of Covenant Logistics Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.8% of Delek Logistics Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 35.1% of Covenant Logistics Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Delek Logistics Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Delek Logistics Partners beats Covenant Logistics Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.