GPRE vs. DK, REX, CLNE, GEVO, MPC, PSX, VLO, PBF, CVI, and WLKP
Should you be buying Green Plains stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Green Plains include Delek US (DK), REX American Resources (REX), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Gevo (GEVO), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), PBF Energy (PBF), CVR Energy (CVI), and Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP).
Green Plains vs.
Delek US (NYSE:DK) and Green Plains (NASDAQ:GPRE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Delek US received 227 more outperform votes than Green Plains when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.23% of users gave Green Plains an outperform vote while only 60.02% of users gave Delek US an outperform vote.
Delek US currently has a consensus target price of $17.10, suggesting a potential downside of 4.49%. Green Plains has a consensus target price of $11.93, suggesting a potential upside of 172.97%. Given Green Plains' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Green Plains is more favorable than Delek US.
Delek US has higher revenue and earnings than Green Plains. Green Plains is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Delek US, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Delek US has a net margin of -2.27% compared to Green Plains' net margin of -3.36%. Green Plains' return on equity of -11.88% beat Delek US's return on equity.
97.0% of Delek US shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Delek US shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Green Plains shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Delek US pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Green Plains pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Delek US pays out -9.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Green Plains pays out -28.4% 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. Delek US has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Green Plains is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Delek US has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Green Plains has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Delek US had 6 more articles in the media than Green Plains. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Delek US and 7 mentions for Green Plains. Delek US's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Green Plains' score of 0.87 indicating that Delek US is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Green Plains beats Delek US on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:GPRE) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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