Lindblad Expeditions (LIND) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DKL or LIND?

11.8% of Delek Logistics Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Delek Logistics Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.3% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DKL or LIND more profitable?

Delek Logistics Partners has a net margin of 13.15% compared to Lindblad Expeditions' net margin of -5.40%. Lindblad Expeditions' return on equity of 0.00% beat Delek Logistics Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Delek Logistics Partners	13.15%	-155.77%	8.39%
Lindblad Expeditions	-5.40%	N/A	-3.89%

Do analysts rate DKL or LIND?

Delek Logistics Partners presently has a consensus price target of $44.25, indicating a potential upside of 7.74%. Lindblad Expeditions has a consensus price target of $15.67, indicating a potential upside of 56.14%. Given Lindblad Expeditions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lindblad Expeditions is more favorable than Delek Logistics Partners.

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, DKL or LIND?

Delek Logistics Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Lindblad Expeditions. Lindblad Expeditions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Delek Logistics Partners, 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
Delek Logistics Partners	$938.49M	2.34	$126.24M	$2.99	13.74
Lindblad Expeditions	$670.83M	0.82	-$45.61M	-$0.60	-16.72

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DKL or LIND?

Delek Logistics Partners received 101 more outperform votes than Lindblad Expeditions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.42% of users gave Delek Logistics Partners an outperform vote while only 58.01% of users gave Lindblad Expeditions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Delek Logistics Partners	Outperform Votes 340 58.42%	Underperform Votes 242 41.58%
Lindblad Expeditions	Outperform Votes 239 58.01%	Underperform Votes 173 41.99%

Which has more volatility & risk, DKL or LIND?

Delek Logistics Partners has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lindblad Expeditions has a beta of 2.65, indicating that its stock price is 165% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer DKL or LIND?

In the previous week, Lindblad Expeditions had 2 more articles in the media than Delek Logistics Partners. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Lindblad Expeditions and 2 mentions for Delek Logistics Partners. Delek Logistics Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Lindblad Expeditions' score of 0.39 indicating that Delek Logistics Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Delek Logistics Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Lindblad Expeditions	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Delek Logistics Partners beats Lindblad Expeditions on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.