NEXT vs. GLP, KRP, DKL, WKC, EE, GEL, RES, HLX, SHLS, and CEPU
Should you be buying NextDecade stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NextDecade include Global Partners (GLP), Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), World Kinect (WKC), Excelerate Energy (EE), Genesis Energy (GEL), RPC (RES), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), Shoals Technologies Group (SHLS), and Central Puerto (CEPU). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Global Partners (NYSE:GLP) and NextDecade (NASDAQ:NEXT) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
38.1% of Global Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of NextDecade shares are held by institutional investors. 41.5% of Global Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of NextDecade shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Global Partners has a net margin of 0.92% compared to Global Partners' net margin of 0.00%. NextDecade's return on equity of 23.91% beat Global Partners' return on equity.
Global Partners received 79 more outperform votes than NextDecade when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.86% of users gave NextDecade an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Global Partners an outperform vote.
Global Partners presently has a consensus price target of $44.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.30%. NextDecade has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 36.00%. Given Global Partners' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NextDecade is more favorable than Global Partners.
Global Partners has higher revenue and earnings than NextDecade. NextDecade is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Global Partners has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextDecade has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Global Partners had 7 more articles in the media than NextDecade. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Global Partners and 2 mentions for NextDecade. NextDecade's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Global Partners' score of 0.34 indicating that Global Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Global Partners beats NextDecade on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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